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Belgian Court upholds Creative Commons licence
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Belgischer Gerichtshof bestätigt Creative Commons Lizenz | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2329] A local court in Nivelles, Belgium upheld in a case decided 26 October 2010 on the validity of the Creative Commons licence in a copyright infringement case when a music group published its music under CC BY-NC-SA. In this case […]
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UK Government will introduce an open data licence
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Britische Regierung will Open Data Lizenz einführen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2281] A perpetual, royalty-free licence called Open Government Licence (OGL) allowing the re-use of Governmental and public information will be introduced by the UK Government. “The Government grants a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and non-exclusive licence under the conditions laid out […]
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FSFE insists on promoting free PDF readers
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [FSFE fordert weiterhin die Verbreitung freier PDF Reader | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2204] The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) calls on all Europeans to seek out advertisements for proprietary PDF readers on their government’s websites, and report them. In addition, FSFE has prepared a petition demanding an end to such advertising […]
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ENDitorial: Leaked draft of the new Czech Copyright Act
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitorial: Entwurf zum neuen CR-Urheberrechtsgesetz durchgesickert | http://www.unwatched.org/node/2131] A leaked draft of the new Czech Copyright Act was obtained by Pirate News at the beginning of August 2010, after the Ministry of Culture has initially declined the request of Czech Pirate Party to have access to the document […]
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Digital Agenda Commissioner Kroes publicly supporting open standards
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Kommissarin für die Digitale Agenda unterstützt offene Standards | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1999] Macedonian: [Комесарот за Дигиталната агенда… | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/komesarot-za-digitalnata-agenda-niki-kros-javno-gi-poddrza-otvorenite-standardi.html] On 10 June 2010, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes addressed the Open Forum Europe 2010 Summit on interoperability and open standards, stating she was planning to overhaul […]
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New governmental usage of open licences in the Netherlands and UK
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Neue Nutzung offener Lizenzen durch die niederländische und britische Regierung | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1835] Encouraging moves in promoting the open licence content in governmental projects have been recently made in the Netherlands and UK. The Netherlands government launched on 31 March 2010 Rijksoverheid.nl, a single website for communications for all […]
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Several German libraries are releasing their catalogue data openly
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Einige deutsche Bibliotheken veröffentlichen ihre Katalogdaten | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1796] Some German libraries, most of them from Cologne, announced at the beginning of the Leipzig Congress for Information and Library on 15 March 2010 that they would release 5.4 million bibliographic records under an open licence. The University and Public […]
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The Public Domain Manifesto
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Das Public-Domain-Manifest | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1675] A new public manifest called the Public Domain Manifesto was launched on 25 January 2010, as a document developed within COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain, during the last two years. According to the network, The Public Domain ensures that […]
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Hungary introduces mandatory open standards for public institutions
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Ungarn führt verbindliche Open Standards für öffentliche Institutionen ein | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1652] The Hungarian Parliament decided at the end of 2009 to make open standards mandatory for communications between public institutions, utility companies and citizens through the central governmental system. The Parliament amended Act LX of 2009 on electronic […]
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Future of MySQL investigated by the European Commission
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Die Europäische Kommission untersucht die Zukunft von MySQL| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1630] The acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle is investigated by the European Commission for its potential anti-competition effects, including the future role of MySQL as an open source database software owned by Oracle. The debate between opponents and supporters […]
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EC changes the openess concept in the draft eGov EIF
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission ändert Offenheitskonzept im Entwurf des eGov EIF| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1613] A second draft of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) was recently leaked to the press showing that the European Commission (EC) has decided to take the side of Business Software Alliance (BSA), a lobby group for proprietary software […]
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Microsoft tries to comply with EU requirements
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Microsoft versucht, die EU-Auflagen zu erfüllen | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1558] After having long criticised and penalised Microsoft for its anti-competitive practices, the European Union seems to be now at the point of trying to close up the battle with the company after Microsoft has made a new offer to give […]
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