Neowin News Feed for: Advocates

Open Source Advocates Hail Appeals Court Ruling

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:37:02 +0000

Free software advocates are praising a federal appeals ruling that allows greater protection for open-source software against copyright infringement. The case concerns a company, Kam Industries, that downloaded open-source code for use in a product... Read more...

BBC's use of Windows DRM attacked by open source advocates

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:56:01 +0000

The BBC's upcoming iPlayer service is being targeted by the UK's Open Source Consortium. The iPlayer in question is a BBC service that will allow viewers to watch any show that they have missed for... Read more...

Microsoft Advocates for Patent Reform

Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:48:12 +0000

Microsoft went public on Thursday with a number of proposals designed to overhaul the U.S. patent system and make it better suited to the software industry. Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith presented Microsoft's proposed reforms... Read more...

Advocates marching for open source to be law

Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:55:50 +0000

Open source advocates are forming a protest march in California to attempt to increase support for a legislative proposal they have created, which suggests state agencies be banned from using software which has restrictions on... Read more...