Welcome to the new GETA website!
We’ve developed a new website to highlight our members and their achievements and host an interactive space for communication. Use the GETA Blog to engage yourself and your colleagues in open and honest dialogue. Contributors for the GETA Blog are you, government and industry professionals. Post items related to emerging IT technologies, reactions to our events, or your own research.
Let the community know what you think!
I think this will be a very useful tool. Thank you for supporting the community with it.
Comment by fhazzard — 18 June 2008 @ 22:46
Got “Open source technologies” anyone?
An important US legal ruling on ‘open source use’ came down on Weds, 13 Aug 08; here are a few news stories explaining the ruling:
“Open-source pact subject to copyrights law: court”
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSBNG34352920080814
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“Legal milestone for open source”
By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7561943.stm
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“Breakthrough ruling for open source copyright
Open spource software is protected under copyright laws”
Jeremy Kirk and Elizabeth Montalbano
Mac World
http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=22429
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“Open source licenses *are* enforceable, FTW!”
Computer World Blog
http://blogs.computerworld.com/open_source_licenses_are_enforceable_ftw
Comment by Ziled Group — 17 August 2008 @ 01:08