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RSS clauseThe SQL Model Clause of Oracle Database 10g
White Paper Oracle Database 10g introduces an innovative approach to complex SQL calculations: the SQL Model clause. An extension to SQL's Select statement, the Model clause enables developers to treat relational data as multidimensional arrays and define... [01 Jul 2004]
Patent bullies may face GPL 3 penalty clause
News The next version of the GPL (GNU General Public License) may contain a clause to penalise companies that use software patents against free software. GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January 2006, may contain a patent retaliation... [07 Sep 2005]
Creating Efficient SQL - Union Join Without the Union Clause
White Paper Following good object oriented practice of building query models this paper addresses the issue of poor query performance during use of the UNION clause. Although column-wise joins are rather well understood, the notion of the UNION or row-wise... [30 Jan 2007]
Proposal for a New Rights in Software Clause for Software
White Paper Secondly, in the event that the DoD chooses to adopt a data rights procurement policy different from that found in the data rights provisions of the proposed FAR, this report recommends that the DoD adopt a separate "Rights in Software" clause for... [08 Jan 2004]
Contract clause boosts SCO
News SCO Group on Thursday discovered a clause in a contract that could bolster its potential legal claims against Linux users. The company said it has uncovered a 1996 amendment to the contract under which Novell sold many of its Unix assets - which... [06 Jun 2003]
The War on Terrorism and the Commander in Chief Clause: Delegation of the President's Command Authority
White Paper This paper describes the Commander in Chief Clause of the Constitution, which provides an important institutional limit on the authority of the President during times of war and emergency. On one level, the Clause empowers the Executive Branch at... [10 Apr 2008]
Does Novell-SuSE deal tread on non-compete clause?
News There can't be a more straightforward reading of the non-compete clause. Novell has denied claims by SCO Group that its planned acquisition of SuSE Linux violates an 8-year-old non-compete agreement. The enterprise software company issued a... [20 Nov 2003]
Songwriters & Publishers Beware: The Controlled Composition Clause
White Paper Under U.S. Copyright law, Congress established a statutory mechanical royalty rate for songwriters and their publishers based on an upward-sliding scale tied to a cost-of-living index on a per song per record basis. [24 Feb 2004]
EC frees ISPs from Microsoft clause
News The European Commission (EC) has given Microsoft the all clear, following an investigation into the company's software licensing arrangements with ISPs (Internet service providers). According to a report in the Financial Times, Microsoft has agreed... [12 May 1999]
Lords vote for ID cards opt-out clause
News The parliamentary battle over the ID cards bill remains deadlocked after the House of Lords again defeated government proposals that would force people applying for or renewing passports from 2008 to register for an ID card. [28 Mar 2006]
Fear, uncertainty and doubt - that's why the clause has claws
Comment The vagaries of the European Parliament's voting system and the potential intransigence of national governments means the Copyright for the Information Society Bill - including the now infamous Article 5.1 on caching copyrighted material - has a... [02 Mar 1999]
Ripa encryption keys clause to get the go-ahead?
News The UK government is preparing to give the police the authority to force organisations and individuals to disclose encryption keys, a move which has outraged some security and civil rights experts. The powers are contained within Part 3 of the... [18 May 2006]
IR35 rejected as Lords defeats UK government
News The House of Lords has rejected the government's IR35 clause in the Welfare Reforms and Pensions Bill. The controversial clause targeted one-person service companies, and could have significantly increased their tax and National Insurance payments. [15 Oct 1999]
Apple backtracks on open source licence
News The company has removed an export clause that would have bound the licensee to US law - even if shipping a product between two non-US countries. The clause has now been changed so that the licence is only suspended until the claim has been settled. [21 Apr 1999]
Web cache ban was intended as sabotage
News In a sensational twist to the Web caching ban fiasco, an influential advisor is claiming that the now infamous clause was a deliberate sabotage attempt to put the brakes on copyright legislation. According to Virgo, the clause was inserted by... [08 Mar 1999]
