licensing

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Software

Why Did Apple Drop ZFS From Snow Leopard?

12:20PM Rosa Golijan | In 2008, Apple announced that we would see ZFS as part of Snow Leopard Server, but a year later our copies are shipping with ZFS nowhere to be found. What went wrong? And will we ever get ZFS? More »
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Software

Rumour: Existing Android Phones Won’t Get HTC’s “Sense” UI For Lame Licensing Reasons

7:55PM John Herrman | That HTC’s “Sense” interface would run on older hardware was known for months before its official announcement, so a sanctioned update for existing phones makes sense, right? Turns out, there might be an extremely annoying barrier standing in HTC’s way. More »
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Online

Google Pays $US125 Million to Writers and Buys Us Some Free Books

7:20AM Mark Wilson | Google has been scanning somewhere around 3,000 books per day for its Google Book Search program. The only problem was that they never got permission from ­ The Authors Guild or the Association of American Publishers. Today the three organisations reached an agreement that involved Google paying $US125 million in licensing fees. But the flip side is that libraries will be able to access Google’s online books in full for free, and individuals will have the opportunity to purchase selected texts in the future (including out-of-print books). Here are the full details: More »
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