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["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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Blog: HOWTO: Pick an open source license (part 1)

Posted by Ed Burnette, ZDNet.com, June 14, 2006

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/index.php?p=130



"You've made the decision to release your code as "open source". Ok, what does
that mean, what is an open source license, and how do you pick the right
one?"

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Copyright Clearance Center Introduces Rightsphere for Copyright Compliance
by Barbara Brynko, InforToday.com, June 12, 2006

http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb060612-1.shtml



"The Copyright Clearance Center, "(http://www.copyright.com
<http://www.copyright.com/> ) is rolling out its latest compliance tool at the
SLA conference, which is taking place this week in Baltimore. Rightsphere,
which is scheduled for mass release this fall, is designed to make information
sharing and copyright compliance quicker and easier within an enterprise."

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U.C. system signs on to Microsoft book-scan project

By Candace Lombardi
<mailto:candace.lombardi@xxxxxxxx?subject=FEEDBACK:U.C.%20system%20signs%20on
%20to%20Microsoft%20book-scan%20project> , CNET News.com, June 9, 2006

http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6082258.html



"Two leading research institutions haven issued library cards to Microsoft so
the software giant and search up-and-comer can scan their collections."

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House panel OKs digital licensing bill

By Anne Broache
<mailto:anne.broache@xxxxxxxx?subject=FEEDBACK:House%20panel%20OKs%20digital%
20licensing%20bill> , CNET News.com, June 8, 2006

http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6081874.html



"A U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday approved a digital
copyright bill that critics say could imperil home-use copying of music and
video recording devices like TiVo."

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Copy wrongs and rights

BY Icon <http://www.smh.com.au/technology/icon/> , June 10, 2006
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/copy-wrongs-and-rights/2006/06/07/11493
59817536.html



"We will soon be able to copy music legally, but it will be for our ears only,
writes Louisa Hearn. Australians soon will have the right to tape TV programs
and copy a track from a CD onto their MP3 players under copyright laws being
proposed by the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock (http://www.ag.gov.au
<http://www.ag.gov.au> )."