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Restricted Source Licensing Is Here

Forrester IT

Major software companies employ teams of full-time workers to write and contribute code to open source projects. Open source has taken the enterprise by storm. What was once seen as risky code, developed in suburban basements, has taken on new life. Even end user companies such as Netflix, Lyft, Capital One, etc.,

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Finding meaningful savings in software licensing renegotiations

Tech Republic

Renegotiating and consolidating software contracts might seem like a low-value administrative activity, but there could be millions of dollars in annual savings with minimal impact on end users. The post Finding meaningful savings in software licensing renegotiations appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4.0 source code and floppy images through an open-source license

TechSpot

Microsoft is making yet another contribution to the world of open-source software preservation. under an MIT license. Ten years after releasing the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 Working in partnership with IBM and "in the spirit of open innovation," the company has released the source code of MS-DOS 4.00 Read Entire Article

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System admin and wife plead guilty to "massive" pirated software licensing scam

TechSpot

Brad and Dusti Pearce of Tuttle, Oklahoma, conspired with Jason Hines of Caldwell, New Jersey, to commit wire fraud in an illegal business venture selling unauthorized software licenses for Avaya Direct International (ADI). Avaya sold a telephone system called "IP Office" to small and mid-sized firms worldwide. The DoD notes.

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Report: Nearly half of software licenses are unused, wasting $44M+ per month

Tech Republic

Only 5% of IT leader respondents to a Nexthink survey have complete visibility into the software licenses their organization uses. The post Report: Nearly half of software licenses are unused, wasting $44M+ per month appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Appeal court overturns $1.6bn mainframe software ‘poaching’ ruling against IBM

CIO Business Intelligence

billion ruling that it improperly replaced mainframe software from rival BMC at AT&T. AT&T “independently decided” to displace BMC software from its mainframe environment, the three-judge appeal court panel ruled. “AT&T’s IBM and BMC both develop software that runs on IBM mainframes. IBM appealed. billion judgement.

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Microsoft in talks over cloud licensing complaint in the EU

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). The European cloud firms had called this a restrictive cloud licensing policy.

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