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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Oct 2006 22:02 UTC (OS News)
Microsoft, of all companies, continues to lead the way with free and loose licensing terms around server virtualization software and multi-core processors.

Recent Original Stories (New Mobile Computing)
"Opera Software today permanently removed the ad banner and licensing fee from its award-winning Web browser. The ad-free, full-featured Opera browser is now available for download, completely free of charge, here ." This news got submitted a staggering 14 times, and as far as I know, that's a record.

Recent Original Stories (New Mobile Computing)
"The next version of Windows is just around the corner, so the next time we discuss software licensing in my course, the EULA for Vista will be front and center.

Licensing Agreement Signed With Paramount Digital Entertainment (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Playtech , the international designer, developer and licensor of software to the online and land-based gaming industry, is pleased to announce having signed a four-year, exclusive licensing agreement with Paramount Entertainment for the classic blockbusters "Gladiator" and "The Untouchables."

BSA: Software piracy's 'tragic' impact on US society (The Register)
Think of the children policemen The Business Software Alliance claimed yesterday that software piracy in the US is costing the industry $11.4bn and local government $1.7bn in lost taxes.?

UpdateLogic(TM) Obtains Licensing Agreement with Sanyo for UpdateTV(TM) Firmware Update Solution (Centre Daily Times)
UpdateLogic, Inc., the pioneer in solutions to update software in digital televisions devices, today announced that Sanyo Manufacturing Corporation has licensed its UpdateTV(TM) solution for its digital TVs. The UpdateTV technology enables Sanyo digital TVs to transparently and automatically download firmware upgrades nationwide, reducing the cost of service and improving overall customer ...

SCO to pay Novell $2.5 million in suit over tech licensing (Deseret Morning News)
The SCO Group Inc. will have to pay Novell Corp. more than $2.5 million in a technology-licensing dispute, but that's far less than the nearly $20 million to which Novell had said it was entitled.

Review: Virtual Machine Software For The Desktop (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - We rounded up major virtual machine apps for individual users from VMware, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, as well as Fabrice Bellard's QEMU 0.9.1, and found that licensing types, features, and drawbacks vary widely.

SCO to Cough Up $2.5M for Novell's Unix Royalties (E-Commerce Times)
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that The SCO Group must pay more than $2.5 million in royalties to Novell for licensing the Unix computer operating system software to Sun Microsystems. The decision by U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball in Salt Lake City came in the long-running dispute between Novell of Provo, Utah, and SCO.

Apple Accuses Psystar of Copyright Infringement (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Apple has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of California against Florida-based Psystar, alleging violation of its copyright and software licensing agreements.