The Initiative Forum Open Language Tools (FOLT), which develops software for translators has published initial results.

The Open Document Foundation whose self-declared aim was to promote the Open Document Format has closed down.

In the confusion surrounding the choice of an operating system for 17,000 Classmate PCs the Nigerian government has finally come down in favor of Mandriva Linux.

The quick guide gives a short and understandable explanation of the objectives of version 3 of the GPL; recent discussions on GPLv3 had caused many developers to forget the generic purpose of the license – guaranteeing the freedom of software development.

Red Hat has signed the Sun’s Contributor Agreement and TCK License Agreement with the aim of developing an Open Source Java platform for RHEL.

Google’s mobile phone has been dubbed Android and is actually an Open Source platform with an operating system and applications.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. reported results today for its fiscal first quarter, which ended September 30, 2007.

On November 1, 2007, the Federal Open Source Alliance released the results of its Federal Open Source Referendum Study, which provides new insight into the current adoption rates, trends, benefits, challenges, and success rates of open source implementation within Federal agencies.