As more businesses make use of “free” / open source software to build commercial products, friction between the communities is inevitable. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software, particularly the GNU operating system and variants (including Linux).
Last year the FSF filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco, specifically around [...]

So, after IBM Declines to buy Sun, Oracle has stepped in to the fray (via CNet News). Oracle President Safra Catz said in a statement:
 
 We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle’s earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We estimate that the acquired business will [...]

After Phorm’s town hall meeting last week, things seemed to be going well for the BT supplier of behavioural marketing, however the light might not be green after all:
 
The European Commission has started legal action against Britain over the online advertising technology Phorm. It follows complaints to the EC over how the behavioural advertising service was [...]

Well, it could have been interesting. First a deal between IBM and Sun was “in final stages” then, three days later, no Easter miracle. The Wall Street Journal reports: “For IBM, Not Acquiring Sun Is Likely Just A Minor Setback”
Over the weekend, The Wall Street Journal reported that Sun’s board had rejected a formal offer [...]

Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) received a boost last week, with the UK Government posting a Government Action Plan on Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use. Quoting from the forward:
“Open Source has been one of the most significant cultural developments in IT and beyond over the last two decades: it has shown that individuals, working [...]