licensing in news
RSS licensing in newseBay's Skype sale gets green light
News The settlement restructures the deal with an investor group led by Silver Lake and puts an end to a dispute with software maker Joltid over the licensing of software that underlies Skype's internet telephony service. [06 Nov 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Because it lacks the expensive licensing that is often the hallmark of proprietary software, open source is regularly touted as a way for IT departments to make their budget stretch a little bit further and it has... [23 Oct 2009]
Blocked: BBC plan to share iPlayer with rivals
News The initiative was intended to operate partly as a commercial venture, generating revenue from licensing the technology to other broadcasters, and partly as a public service offering - plans that the Trust deemed too... [21 Oct 2009]
Steve Ballmer on Microsoft software 'gotchas'
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted the company could do more to simplify its software licensing. According to the Microsoft head honcho, Microsoft's myriad licensing options are necessary to help... [06 Oct 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News The licensing cost was a real issue. But the process of making the jump to open source can be a painful experience, he said, as organisations need to continue to pay licensing costs for their old... [29 Sep 2009]
Code, not patents, for Microsoft open source foundation
News The Codeplex Foundation FAQ states: "We wanted a foundation that addresses a full spectrum of software projects, and does so with the licensing and intellectual property needs of commercial software companies in mind. [14 Sep 2009]
Are your software licences up to date - and does your CFO know?
News As vendors tighten up on software licensing, CFOs are being encouraged to get more involved in licence management. With more software vendors cracking down on licensing, CFOs and CIOs have their work cut... [04 Sep 2009]
Windows 7: When will businesses really be ready to make the move?
News However, large businesses with volume licensing deals can get access even earlier, although most will wait before putting it on anything other than test machines. There are a whole bunch of reasons why Windows 7 should... [28 Aug 2009]
Microsoft's Bing signs deal with Wolfram Alpha
News Wolfram Alpha - the recently launched 'computational knowledge engine' - and Bing have reached a licensing deal that allows Bing to present some of the specialised scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha... [24 Aug 2009]
Yahoo! wins Sony appeal in music streaming case
News Instead, according to Reuters, it merely has to pay licensing fees to digital music rights organisation SoundExchange. A three-judge panel ruled on Friday that Yahoo! will not have to pay up every time it plays a song on... [24 Aug 2009]
Yahoo! inks get-out clause in Microsoft deal
News The two companies have agreed to a "limited, nonexclusive" patent cross-licensing deal. If Microsoft falters as the exclusive provider for search on Yahoo! s network of websites - when benchmarked against Google - Yahoo! [05 Aug 2009]
Skype fighting to dodge shutdown with new tech
News A legal dispute over licensing terms arose earlier this year between Skype and Joltid, and Skype filed a claim against Joltid in the English high court in March, according to SEC filings by eBay. Skype is trying to... [03 Aug 2009]
UK may not see light of Windows 7 family pack
News Microsoft had already included references to the family pack as part of licensing terms in a test version of Windows 7 that leaked onto the internet. Microsoft plans to offer a 'family pack' for Windows 7 that can be... [24 Jul 2009]
Windows 7 lets users keep it in the family
News The move was hardly a surprise, after Microsoft included references to the family pack as part of licensing terms in a test version of Windows 7 that leaked onto the internet. Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed that it does... [22 Jul 2009]
Microsoft gives software licensing a makeover for SMEs
News Microsoft has announced two new software licensing packages intended to simplify buying and provide discounts at a time when many of the company's customers are looking to reduce costs. The packages, covering business... [17 Jul 2009]
