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SAP publishes open source manifesto

CIO Business Intelligence

It arrives alongside the announcement of SAP’s Open Reference Architecture project as part of the EU’s IPCEI-CIS initiative. Some corporate projects have migrated from open source licenses to other forms of license for business reasons.

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6 Key considerations when orchestrating your Windows 11 Pro upgrade

CIO Business Intelligence

Refer to Windows 11 Pro specifications and run Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to see if a laptop meets specific requirements. Assess licensing requirements Review your software licenses for Windows 11 Pro compatibility and check for any additional licensing needs.

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Regulators sound out users on cloud services competition concerns

Network World

These, along with issues such as software licensing, could disincentivise customers from using rival cloud providers, thereby stifling innovation and inhibiting competition in the cloud service market. Software licensing practices were not widely viewed, in isolation, as influencing the choice of public cloud provider.

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Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

CIO Business Intelligence

An abundance of choice In the most general definition, open source here refers to the code thats available, and that the model can be modified and used for free in a variety of contexts. Chatbot Arena ranks more than 160 top models both proprietary and open source and lists their licenses. There are plenty of good licenses out there.

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SUSE plans more support for gen AI workloads

Network World

The universal business model is that the CIO wants throats to choke,” Weinberg said, referring to the ability to control employees and contractors that your team has hired, versus an employee or contractor working for the cloud vendor. If the vendor tanks, you have the source code licenses in an amenably open-sourced forum.”

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After fan outcry, Wizards of the Coast will leave its original open license in place

GeekWire

would seek to deauthorize and replace its Open Game License (OGL), a public copyright notice from 2000. It will also officially make the base mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons publicly available via a Creative Commons license, as mentioned on Jan. is now available under a Creative Commons license.? And we’ve listened.

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Seattle wants to charge DoorDash and other gig companies 10 cents per order for new license fee

GeekWire

The bill, referred to the City Council last week, would require “network companies” operating in Seattle to pay the fees to obtain an annual license. ” It called the license “duplicative and unnecessary.” For-hire transportation companies including Uber and Lyft would not be subject to the fee.

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