Monthly Archives: April 2007

Will GPL die at European administration now that EUPL is available?

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Abdelkrim

For the first time an Open Source Public Licence will have the power of law. The European Union Public Licence (EUPL) has been published the 9 January 2007. The licence is currently translated into the 21 European Union languages, the … Continue reading →

Posted in European Commission, IDABC, Interoperability, Licence, Open Source, OSOR | 1 Comment

SAP A1S and Intalio have same strategy: Zero code, Used by Process Analysts, one-click deploy and Free of charge?

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Abdelkrim

SAP is proposing a new product, A1S, targeted to SMEs having a turn over between 25 to 150 millions Euros. The solution”… will deliver the benefits of enterprise SOA under a new “try-run-adapt” model leveraging the Internet and telesales, and … Continue reading →

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Dabble DB or the “next generation user interface database”

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Abdelkrim

“…Dabble DB lets you build database applications with no hassle. It’s easy to use yet extremely flexible and powerful…” claims the website. Even they’re right I think they should try to hire some marketing company to find better wording to … Continue reading →

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First ever Open Source licence translated into 21 EU languages!

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Abdelkrim

European Union Public Licence v1.0 (EUPL) is almost localised in 27 languages! Already 23 are available but not published already. EUPL is a European Commission (EC) Open Source licence aimed to allow (at least) the EC to release Open Source … Continue reading →

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