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 Deirdre Blakeŭs podcast, top of this issueŭs media stack, reports on Free Software Foundationŭs recent release of version 3 of the GNU Public License. The new release deals in greater detail than prior revs with patent issues, including a method for retaliation against companies that use patents to co-opt bodies of GPL-licensed software employed in commercial products, thus limiting future use of these components. In features, David Orme, leader of the Eclipse Visual Editor project, and colleagues Joe Winchester and Gili Mendel, both of IBM, describe progress on the EVE ŭ a framework for building Eclipse-based GUI builders. The Eclipse Visual Editor comes out of the box with support for Javaŭs AWT and Swing Java foundation classes, as well as the extensive Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit; and has been further extended by IBM with support for their Application User Interface Markup Language. Current sub-projects are rapidly extending the powers of this unique tool to Java mobile device UI models and XML-based GUI frameworks.
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The Future of Commercial Open Source
Jonathan Erickson
Andrew Aitken examines some of the challenges and opportunities facing the commercial open source software industry. (MP3, 3:07 mins.)
Of Interest
April 2006 Of Interest.
GNU Public License Updated for the First Time in Over a Decade
Deirdre Blake
Richard Stallman announces release of GPL Version 3, which addresses issues related to digital-rights management. (MP3, 2:02 mins.)
A Conversation with Erich Gamma
Jonathan Erickson
A Software Development Editorial Perspectives NetSeminar
In this interview, Dr. Gamma sits down with CMPs Jon Erickson to discuss: how to balance cost reduction against its impact on customer loyalty; IBM's motivation in initially launching the Eclipse project; the future for Eclipse; the challenges and benefits of Open Source software development, and much more.
Of Interest
February 2006 Of Interest.
Google's Summer of Code: Part III
DDJ Staff
Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands of lines of code. Here are more students who participated.
The Eclipse Visual Editor
David Orme, Joe Winchester
The Eclipse Visual Editor is a subproject that provides a framework for creating Eclipse-based GUI builders.
The Goldegg Packaging Sprint: Open Source in Action
Jonathan Erickson
Paul Everitt discusses the benefits and challenges of bringing together programmers from around the world to improve packaging and products for the Zope 3 open source application server, the CMF Content Management Framework, and the Plone content management system.
Open Office Document Connector
Jean-Marie Gouarné
The OpenDocument format is poised to become a de facto standard for the free office software and could be used as a common basis for large-scale content management applications.
Google's Summer of Code: Part I
the DDJ staff
Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands of lines of code. Here are some of the students who participated.
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