In MySQL's case, the Swedish company uses the General Public License (GPL) to cover its database software and the supporting libraries that other programs use to interface with the database. But the licence change by MySQL led PHP creators to...
The kinds of data become ever more varied as graphics, voice and video are added to the basic information capabilities. The idea of the general network goes back almost as far as the concepts of individual computers, Windows, icons or software...
For instance, it bans governments, individuals and corporations from any "monitoring of individuals," which might apply to popular network monitoring utilities, and bans "filtering" of any expression, which could cover routine utilities such as...
Running on Java has been a tricky process, with different phones having different features, such as buttons, message handling, processing power, and sound and graphics capabilities. That, in turn, has slowed development of applications that mobile...
The case continues. Bruce Houlder QC, prosecuting the case, said, according to reports: "They may see themselves as latter-day Robin Hoods, stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but in reality it is a cover for fraud.
We will work with the US PTO and other commentators and policy makers to ensure that the US patent system continues to evolve to address the challenges of the innovation economy. IBM said the patents it's liberating cover a broad range of...