US Courts rule the GPL fosters creativity, by enabling free distribution
and building of new derivative works, not a restraint on trade:
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2006/11/open_source_wit.html
A note to the designers of flash- and script-rich sites. Your page has 4
seconds to load before the customer goes elsewhere:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6131668.stm
Novell finally announce the official release of Mono 1.2, the latest
version of .NET on the Linux platform. It still needs more work:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061109-8190.html
Mozilla release "highly critical" patches for Firefox 1.5, 2.0 not being
affected. Version 1.5 will be supported until the 24th April, 2007:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2054122,00.asp
And finally. A thug attempted to rob illusionist David Copperfield. The
perp was unable to locate David's cellphone, wallet or passport...:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/10/copperfield.robbed.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstorie
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.