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Open Source can now be copyrighted

The idea of Open Source is for the community at large to help improve the project and for computer software to be made available for free public download without the problems of copyright in most retail software.

Today things have changed and become more confusing thanks to a U.S. federal appeals court that has ruled something that sounds strange to most people.

The judge ruled that open-source groups can protect their code under copyright laws, and this is a ruling that other open-source groups can use.

Software companies like Microsoft, normally keep software code secret while Open-source software makers like to share the source code for improvements.

When we look closer at this ruling it seems that most open source developers will like the results. Individuals who do not follow conditions set out in the open-source license should be open to copyright infringement claims. This is now possible thanks to the ruling.

Read the full story via the read link below this post or leave a comment with your opinion on Open Source and how it should be protected.

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The latest version of Safari (3.1) included a hidden feature that lets you achieve this. All you need to do is enable the TargetedClicksCreateTabs preference with the command below (Make sure Safari’s not running).

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

If you need to undo this setting, delete the preference.

Via Mac OSX Hints

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Android vs. Symbian open source or Android vs. iPhone 3G

We posted an article yesterday about the new Open Source Symbian OS and how it will be a direct competitor to the Open Handset Alliance and Google’s Android, that news is kind of obvious but what’s not clear is where the iPhone and their 3G version stands in all this.

We keep seeing news of Android vs. iPhone 3G and how Apple have a very good position thanks to being in control of the whole process, they control the user interface, the operating system, the chipsets and how the case looks. Yes Android is going to be an open source OS and it will get the power of many developers, but with their efforts to get the biggest cell phone carriers finding hardship, it looks a difficult road ahead.

There are pros and cons to not being in control of the phones creation, the iPhone may be in Apple’s total control but then its just one product. At first we all thought Google Android was going to be a Google Phone, but it turned out that it will be the Android OS on many phones, and the OS is more important than ever in expanding a phones features and applications.

Android may have a lot to deal with against the iPhone but this is nothing compared to the latest news about the Open Source Symbian OS and the newly formed Symbian Foundation. If we were talking about the biggest players in the future and in the cell phone business, we got to be looking at just two names and it does not include Apple.

It’s my view that the future phone market share will be Android vs. Symbian and more importantly the people behind those systems that are the Open Handset Alliance and the Symbian Foundation.

Open Source is great for all the consumers, but whom do you see as the biggest players in the business? Nokia has the most handsets in people’s hands. Is there only room for one like with HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray, will it be Symbian Foundation vs. Open Handset Alliance?

Open Source vs. Profit: Google Android (iPhone 3G), Linux (Microsoft Vista)

The world of software for computers, cell phones and other gadgets has been changing to benefit the consumer for a while now and today change is moving faster than ever. Thanks to the world of Open Source we have many options to get great software for free, sadly not every consumer knows this and still decide to buy software that can be downloaded in a similar form for free thanks to Open Source.

There are many factors to think about when considering Open Source vs. For Profit software, but one of the biggest and prominent examples of free software and open source development would be the Linux operating system. This alternative to Microsoft Vista is free and if you get it installed with laptops then you will save a lot of money off the price, just look at the Eee PC.

You may not want to change all the underlying source code of Linux, but if you choose that option, you can. There are some benefits to buying Vista, but are these still worth the price compared to today’s versions of Linux?

Open Office is another software package that is available thanks to open source, this project gives you some free to download software that’s compatible with all other major office suites. This software is packed with features including databases, graphics, presentations, spreadsheets and word processing. You are able to read and write files from some of the top office software packages.

When it comes to the cell phone world it has been rocked since the launch of the Apple iPhone and this has a lot to do with the expandability of the device and with the 3G iPhone coming this year, things will only get better. When it comes to phones another application is about to rock that world and this will be from the Open Handset Alliance.

This is a group of more than 30 mobile and technology companies, they have joined to give the very first “complete, open and free mobile platform”. When Google Android hits the market later this year we will see it become a direct competitor to the iPhone, what will the outcome bring?

Open source will keep growing and as it makes its way to more devices in our homes like Linux, the user will want more open source software for the savings it brings. How has Open Source affected your life?