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This month SourceForge announced an open beta period for a new set of
tools for developers, and well as a new directory for users searching
for open source software. On the forge side, our engineers have begun
work on new and better tools for project members who want to use our
tracker, wiki, and source code management.  We also have a new open
source project management environment. And there's more to come.

If you want to try out SourceForge 2.0, you can register a project at
http://sourceforge.net/register-project and specify that you want to
create the new project on the SF 2.0 beta. SourceForge Product Director
Nate Oostendorp says, "We're going to continue to enhance and improve
the beta tools, and also look for improvements to the downloads and
stats interfaces coming soon. Once we have stability, feature parity,
and a data migration path with the existing tools, the new forge tools
will replace the existing developer interface."

"We want to give you an early look as we continue to release early and
often," says Senior Director of Engineering Dean Henrichsmeyer.

Adobe Systems is the first major name to take advantage of the new
forge. Open <at> Adobe (http://sourceforge.net/adobe/

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...<br><br>This month SourceForge announced an open beta period for a new set of<br>
tools for developers, and well as a new directory for users searching<br>
for open source software. On the forge side, our engineers have begun<br>
work on new and better tools for project members who want to use our<br>
tracker, wiki, and source code management. &nbsp;We also have a new open<br>
source project management environment. And there's more to come.<br><br>
If you want to try out SourceForge 2.0, you can register a project at<br><a href="http://sourceforge.net/register-project" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/register-project</a> and specify that you want to<br>
create the new project on the SF 2.0 beta. SourceForge Product Director<br>
Nate Oostendorp says, "We're going to continue to enhance and improve<br>
the beta tools, and also look for improvements to the downloads and<br>
stats interfaces coming soon. Once we have stability, feature parity,<br>
and a data migration path with the existing tools, the new forge tools<br>
will replace the existing developer interface."<br><br>
"We want to give you an early look as we continue to release early and<br>
often," says Senior Director of Engineering Dean Henrichsmeyer.<br><br>
Adobe Systems is the first major name to take advantage of the new<br>
forge. Open <at> Adobe (<a href="http://sourceforge.net/adobe/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/adobe/</a><div class="ii gt">) aggregates Adobe's<br>
open source programs, with source code hosting for projects such as the<br>
Adobe Flex framework, as well as contributions from Adobe to standards<br>
organizations, and also specifications.<br><br>....<br><br>&lt;/quote&gt;<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ralph Morelli <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ralph.morelli <at> trincoll.edu">ralph.morelli <at> trincoll.edu</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: 2010/8/2<br>Subject: [TOS] FOSS architect position at UN<br>To: <a href="mailto:tos <at> teachingopensource.org">tos <at> teachingopensource.org</a><br><br><br>A friend of mine asked me to spread the word about this FOSS architect job at the UN's Global Pulse program, an effort to help close the information gap between rich and poor nations.&nbsp; He said the UN salary is ~ $140K.&nbsp; Please forward to anyone who might be interested.<br><br><a href="http://www.unglobalpulse.org/chief-platform-architect" target="_blank">http://www.unglobalpulse.org/chief-platform-architect</a><br><br>Thanks,<br>-- ralph<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ralph Morelli <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ralph.morelli <at> trincoll.edu">ralph.morelli <at> trincoll.edu</a>&gt;</span><br>
Date: 2010/8/3<br>Subject: Re: [TOS] FOSS architect position at UN<br>To: Bryant Patten &lt;<a href="mailto:info <at> ncose.org">info <at> ncose.org</a>&gt;<br>Cc: <a href="mailto:tos <at> teachingopensource.org">tos <at> teachingopensource.org</a><br><br><br>Yes, the deadline has been extended to Aug 14.<br>-- ralph<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/8/3 Bryant Patten <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:info <at> ncose.org" target="_blank">info <at> ncose.org</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote">
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<div>On Aug 2, 2010, at 11:52 PM, <a href="mailto:tos-request <at> teachingopensource.org" target="_blank">tos-request <at> teachingopensource.org</a> wrote:</div>
<br><blockquote type="cite"><span>A friend of mine asked me to spread the word about this FOSS architect job<br>

at the UN's Global Pulse program, an effort to help close the information<br>gap between rich and poor nations. &nbsp;He said the UN salary is ~ $140K.<br>Please forward to anyone who might be interested.<br><br><a href="http://www.unglobalpulse.org/chief-platform-architect" target="_blank">http://www.unglobalpulse.org/chief-platform-architect</a><br><br>Thanks,<br>-- ralph</span></blockquote>
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<div>Very interesting but perhaps with one major stumbling block:</div>
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- Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.</span></div>
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<div><span>Did your friend mention whether they were extending the date?</span></div>
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http://www.developer.com/daily_news/article.php/408062

"NPD has the race at Android – 33 percent, RIM – 28 percent, and Apple – 22 percent for the period, noting that it's the first time since Q4 2007 that the BlackBerry maker hasn't been number one," Ostrow said. "RIM is pinning much of its hopes on getting back on top with its new BlackBerry 6 operating system and the BlackBerry Torch smartphone, the latter of which was revealed yesterday.

Article at:
http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/android-top-selling-smartphone-os/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

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<a href="http://www.developer.com/daily_news/article.php/408062">http://www.developer.com/daily_news/article.php/408062</a><br><br><div class="litcontent">
<p>For the first time since 2007, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.developer.com/daily_news/article.php/408062#" class="iAs">Blackberry</a> isn't the number one selling smartphone operating system - <a href="http://android.com/" target="_blank">Android</a> is.</p>

<p>Mashable's Adam Ostrow <a href="http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/android-top-selling-smartphone-os/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29" target="_blank">reported</a> today that <a href="http://npd.com/" target="_blank">NPD Group</a> has ranked Google's Android as the number one top selling <a target="_blank" href="http://www.developer.com/daily_news/article.php/408062#" class="iAs">mobile</a> OS for the second quarter of 2010.</p>

</div>"<a href="http://www.npd.com/press/releases/press_100804.html" target="_blank">NPD has the race</a>
 at Android &ndash; 33 percent, RIM &ndash; 28 percent, and Apple &ndash; 22 percent for 
the period, noting that it's the first time since Q4 2007 that the 
BlackBerry maker hasn't been number one," Ostrow said. "RIM is pinning 
much of its hopes on getting back on top with its new BlackBerry 6 
operating system and the BlackBerry Torch smartphone, the latter of 
which was revealed yesterday.<br><br>Article at:<br><a href="http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/android-top-selling-smartphone-os/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29">http://mashable.com/2010/08/04/android-top-selling-smartphone-os/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29</a><br><br><br>
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Interesting article on the practical realities of enforcing music copyright

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<p>Interesting article on the practical realities of enforcing music copyright</p>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/magazine/08music-t.html?ref=magazine">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/magazine/08music-t.html?ref=magazine</a><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>William J. Schroeder, PhD<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>28 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065<br><a href="mailto:will.schroeder <at> kitware.com">will.schroeder <at> kitware.com</a><br><a href="http://www.kitware.com">http://www.kitware.com</a><br>

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http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/compliance

As the use of Linux and other open source software has exploded in recent years, especially in mobile and consumer electronics products, the need has arisen for a trusted, neutral, non-commercial compliance program that offers a comprehensive offering of compliance training, tools and services. To address that complexity, The Linux Foundation has developed a set of open source tools, training curricula and a new self-administered assessment checklist that will allow companies to ensure compliance in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The Open Compliance Program also includes a new data exchange standard so companies and their suppliers can easily report software information in a standard way.

The six elements of the Linux Foundation’s Open Compliance Program are:

Tools

While there are many commercial and open source scanning tools available to identify the origin and license of source code, the Linux Foundation has developed complementary tools needed to help companies improve their open source compliance due diligence. The Linux Foundation has released initial versions of these tools as open source projects and urges other developers to contribute to them. They include:

• Dependency Checker: capable of identifying code combinations at the dynamic and static link level. In addition, the tool offer a license policy framework that enables FOSS Compliance Officers to define combinations of licenses and linkage methods that are to be flagged if found as a result of running the tool.
• Bill of Material (BoM) Difference Checker: capable of reporting differences between BoMs and therefore enabling companies to identify changed source code components and to better report included open source components in updated product releases.
• The Code Janitor: This tool provides linguistic review capabilities to make sure developers did not leave comments in the source code about future products, product code names, mention of competitors, etc. The tool maintains a database of keywords that are scanned for in the source code files to ensure code released is safe and ready for public consumption.

Additional Resources

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/lf_foss_compliance_datasheet.pdf
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/lf_foss_compliance_training_datasheet.pdf

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<br><a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/compliance">http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/compliance</a><br><br><p>As the use of Linux and other open source software has exploded in 
recent years, especially in mobile and consumer electronics products, 
the need has arisen for a trusted, neutral, non-commercial compliance 
program that offers a comprehensive offering of compliance training, 
tools and services. To address that complexity, The Linux Foundation has
 developed a set of open source tools, training curricula and a new 
self-administered assessment checklist that will allow companies to 
ensure compliance in a cost-effective and efficient manner. The Open 
Compliance Program also includes a new data exchange standard so 
companies and their suppliers can easily report software information in a
 standard way.</p>
<p>The six elements of the Linux Foundation&rsquo;s Open Compliance Program are:</p>
<h3>Tools</h3>
<p>While there are many commercial and open source scanning tools 
available to identify the origin and license of source code, the Linux 
Foundation has developed complementary tools needed to help companies 
improve their open source compliance due diligence. The Linux Foundation
 has released initial versions of these tools as open source projects 
and urges other developers to contribute to them. They include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dependency Checker: capable of identifying code 
combinations at the dynamic and static link level. In addition, the tool
 offer a license policy framework that enables FOSS Compliance Officers 
to define combinations of licenses and linkage methods that are to be 
flagged if found as a result of running the tool.
    </li>
<li>Bill of Material (BoM) Difference Checker: capable 
of reporting differences between BoMs and therefore enabling companies 
to identify changed source code components and to better report included
 open source components in updated product releases.</li>
<li>The Code Janitor: This tool provides linguistic 
review capabilities to make sure developers did not leave comments in 
the source code about future products, product code names, mention of 
competitors, etc. The tool maintains a database of keywords that are 
scanned for in the source code files to ensure code released is safe and
 ready for public consumption.</li>
</ul>
<br><h3>Additional Resources</h3>
<a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/lf_foss_compliance_datasheet.pdf">http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/lf_foss_compliance_datasheet.pdf</a><br><a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/lf_foss_compliance_training_datasheet.pdf">http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/lf_foss_compliance_training_datasheet.pdf</a><br><br><br>
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<div>This is a very, very big deal. This is exactly what we have been preaching for a long time, and to see it articulated this way is very gratifying.</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html?_r=1&amp;hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/health/research/13alzheimer.html?_r=1&amp;hp</a></div>

<div><br></div>Excerpt:<div>"The key to the Alzheimer&rsquo;s project was an agreement as ambitious as its goal: not just to raise money, not just to do research on a vast scale, but also to share all the data, making every single finding public immediately, available to anyone with a computer anywhere in the world.<br><br>No one would own the data. No one could submit patent applications, though private companies would ultimately profit from any drugs or imaging tests developed as a result of the effort.<br><br>&ldquo;It was unbelievable,&rdquo; said Dr. John Q. Trojanowski, an Alzheimer&rsquo;s researcher at the&nbsp;University of Pennsylvania. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not science the way most of us have practiced it in our careers. But we all realized that we would never get biomarkers unless all of us parked our egos and intellectual-property noses outside the door and agreed that all of our data would be public immediately.&rdquo;<br><div><div>
<br><br>-- <br>William J. Schroeder, PhD<br>Kitware, Inc.<br>28 Corporate Drive<br>Clifton Park, NY 12065<br><a href="mailto:will.schroeder <at> kitware.com">will.schroeder <at> kitware.com</a><br><a href="http://www.kitware.com">http://www.kitware.com</a><br>

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http://www.itworld.com/business/116563/the-corporation-has-gone-open-source

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Accenture "found that half of the respondents (50 percent) are fully committed to open source in their business while almost a third (28 percent) say they are experimenting with open source and keeping an open mind to using it. Furthermore, two-thirds of all respondents (65 percent) noted that they have a fully documented strategic approach for using open source in their business, while another third (32 percent) are developing a strategic plan. Of the organizations using open source, almost nine out of ten (88 percent) will increase their investment in the software in 2010 compared to 2009."

....

There are, though, other things that are still slowing down businesses' open-source conversion. Peter Vescuso, executive VP of marketing and business development for Black Duck Software, a company specializing in managing open source legal issues for businesses, commented on the Accenture study saying that a "Lack of senior management support and awareness is the main barrier. .... Once senior management becomes aware and accepts the fact that OSS plays a crucial role in the development process, the next logical step is to develop policies for usage, licensing, monitoring, reporting and contributing back to the community."

I think Vescuso is right. While management has learned about the value of open source, they still need more education about how open-source development and communities work. As they do so, and they are going to, FOSS will be picked up even more quickly in big business IT departments.

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<p><a href="http://www.itworld.com/business/116563/the-corporation-has-gone-open-source">http://www.itworld.com/business/116563/the-corporation-has-gone-open-source</a><br></p>
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<p>Accenture "found that half of the respondents (50 percent) are <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/investment-in-open-source-software-set-to-rise-accenture-survey-finds-2010-08-05?reflink=MW_news_stmp" target="new">fully committed to open source</a>
 in their business while almost a third (28 percent) say they are 
experimenting with open source and keeping an open mind to using it. 
Furthermore, two-thirds of all respondents (65 percent) noted that they 
have a fully documented strategic approach for using open source in 
their business, while another third (32 percent) are developing a 
strategic plan. Of the organizations using open source, almost nine out 
of ten (88 percent) will increase their investment in the software in 
2010 compared to 2009."</p>
<p>....<br></p>
<p>There are, though, other things that are still slowing down 
businesses' open-source conversion. Peter Vescuso, executive VP of 
marketing and business development for <a href="http://www.blackducksoftware.com/" target="new">Black Duck Software</a>, a company specializing in managing open source legal issues for businesses, commented on the Accenture study saying that a "<a href="http://blog.blackducksoftware.com/2010/08/06/accenture-survey-%E2%80%93-right-about-the-rise-of-open-source-but-developers-aren%E2%80%99t-the-roadblock" target="new">Lack of senior management support</a>
 and awareness is the main barrier. .... Once senior management becomes 
aware and accepts the fact that OSS plays a crucial role in the 
development process, the next logical step is to develop policies for 
usage, licensing, monitoring, reporting and contributing back to the 
community."</p>
<p>I think Vescuso is right. While management has learned about the 
value of open source, they still need more education about how 
open-source development and communities work. As they do so, and they 
are going to, FOSS will be picked up even more quickly in big business 
IT departments.</p>
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