Vivek Ranadive, CEO of Tibco, is one of the industry's big thinkers, complete with a profile in Esquire. So why would a smart guy like him dismiss open source as "fool's gold"? And why do some software vendors believe they can justify "FRAND terms" on software standards and permit patented capabilities to be inserted into software standards?

Read the full thing at http://m.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/open-source-equals-software-freedom-not-free-software-204014

Don't expect RIM to open source its entire operating system, or its radio stack. But the original smartphone company is gambling its future success on open source, and it has an expert on board to help. Mary Branscombe asked Senior Technical Director for Open Software, Eduardo Pelegri Llopart, where open source fits in at RIM.

Read the full thing at http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Can-open-source-save-RIM-1437957.html

HP today announced it will contribute the webOS software to the open source community.

HP plans to continue to be active in the development and support of webOS. By combining the innovative webOS platform with the development power of the open source community, there is the opportunity to significantly improve applications and web services for the next generation of devices.

Read the full thing at http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111209xa.html?mtxs=rss-corp-news

To what extent does Android respect the freedom of its users? For a computer user that values freedom, that is the most important question to ask about any software system.

In the free/libre software movement, we develop software that respects users' freedom, so we and you can escape from software that doesn't. By contrast, the idea of "open source" focuses on how to develop code; it is a different current of thought whose principal value is code quality rather than freedom.Thus, the concern here is not whether Android is "open", but whether it allows users to be free.

Read the full thing at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/19/android-free-software-stallman

The forum discussion surrounding TransGaming's GameTree Linux and Cedega Technology continues, with some Linux gamers regretting that they ever even supported TransGaming. One user also brings up the past from when -- back in 2000~2001 -- TransGaming had pledged to open up their code-base once they reached 20,000 subscribers. They believed in an open-source philosophy at that time, but they never ended up opening up their code once hitting that milestone. Even though Cedega as we know it is now dead, this former fork of the X11-licensed Wine is still closed.

Read the full thing at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTM0Mg

“Free as in freedom, and free as in no cost, too!”

GNU Free Call is a new project to develop and deploy secure self-organized communication services worldwide for private use and for public administration. We use the open standard SIP protocol and GNU SIP Witch to create secured peer-to-peer mesh calling networks, and we welcome all participation in our effort.

Read the full announcement at http://planet.gnu.org/gnutelephony/?p=14

Open source has won. Oh, how time flies. When I started writing in Database in May 2003, my first column was about how the ICT Ministry had got the budget PC programme all wrong. ICT Minister Surapong had announced his great success at negotiating the inclusion of Windows XP and Office XP at just 1,500 baht, a 90 percent discount. He saw it as success. I saw it as capitulation.

Read the full thing at http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/207859/open-source-has-won-precisely-because-we-no-longer-notice-it

Samsung has released the source code that runs the new Galaxy Tab, opening the doors to third-party modifications and enhancements. The Galaxy Tab, hyped as the iPad killer, is an Android-based tablet featuring a 7" touchscreen and a 1.0 GHz ARM processor.

Read the full thing at http://jordanopensource.org/freeplanet/article/samsung-releases-galaxy-tabs-open-source-code

The community of volunteers developing and promoting OpenOffice.org sets up
an independent Foundation to drive the further growth of the project

The Internet, September 28, 2010 - The community of volunteers who develop
and promote OpenOffice.org, the leading free office software, announce a
major change in the project's structure. After ten years' successful growth
with Sun Microsystems as founding and principle sponsor, the project
launches an independent foundation called "The Document Foundation", to
fulfil the promise of independence written in the original charter.

Read the full thing at http://lwn.net/Articles/407383/

On September 9 the news of Broadcom's release of the code for some of its wireless Ethernet chip sets sent shockwaves throughout the Linux community. Broadcom owners, as well as distribution developers have a reason to celebrate.

In the past, Broadcom owners had to resort to NDISwrapper or rely upon the limited reversed engineered drivers. Neither was optimal. The release of the code by Broadcom should eventually mean a much better Wi-Fi experience for owners of systems with Broadcom chip sets. But for those that like to read between the lines there may also be a deeper significance to this move.

Read the full thing at http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/why-broadcoms-release-more-significant-code