News from around the open source community which has not been generated by OSS Watch en-GB Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:35:58 +0000 http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/ undisclosed_email_address@ox.ac.uk (Elizabeth Tatham) While the Apple iPhone remains the undisputed king of mobile app downloads, Android has been winning converts among open source developers since its inception. Now, according to new research, Android has made enough of a splash that it can claim more open source developers than the iPhone. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-17:113558:726:projects/oss-watch/communityn http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3870986/Open+Source+Developers+Pick+Android+Over+iPhone.htm Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:35:58 +0000 OSS Watch Community News undisclosed_email_address@ox.ac.uk (Elizabeth Tatham) The CodePlex Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation formed with the mission of enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities, has announced the appointment of four members to its permanent Board of Directors. New appointees include Jim Jagielski, Chief Architect at SpringSource, a division of VMware, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Apache Software Foundation and an Advisory Board Member at Open Source Software Institute, and Tony Hey, Corporate Vice President of External Research for Microsoft Corporation. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-11:100345:851:projects/oss-watch/communityn http://www.pr-inside.com/the-codeplex-foundation-announces-appointment-r1764899.htm Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:03:45 +0000 OSS Watch Community News undisclosed_email_address@ox.ac.uk (Elizabeth Tatham) The Open Source Initiative has condemned the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) for unjust attacks on open source. The IIPA is pushing for the US government to blacklist a number of countries for their open source policies. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-08:091254:612:projects/oss-watch/communityn http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/OSI-categorically-rejects-IIPA-s-attack-on-open-source-947123.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:12:54 +0000 OSS Watch Community News