[ad_1] The first instance of a court in Germany (and perhaps anywhere) addressing GPLv3 occurred in a decision by the Regional Court of Halle in July 2015. GPLv2, first published in 1991, provides for automatic termination of the license in the event of violation, with no stated opportunity for cure. By the time of the…

[ad_1] The power of Git, Docker, and continuous integration (CI) can be leveraged to make TeX document compilation easy while keeping track of different variants and versions. On the top of these technologies, a flexible workflow can be developed to reflect successive changes in TeX documents in each PDF—versioned with a progressive number, say document-v4.pdf. So,…

[ad_1] This article details the circumstances behind my switch away from proprietary operating systems and my switch to Linux. Like many, I switched out of frustration with other operating systems and not directly because of Linux’s open source model. I developed my passion for that after the switch was made. The breaking point It was August…

[ad_1] 1. Minecraft Pi Courtesy of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. CC BY-SA 4.0. Minecraft is the favorite game of pretty much every teenager in the world—and it’s one of the most creative games ever to capture the attention of young people. The version that comes with every Raspberry Pi is not only a creative thinking…

[ad_1] When my journey into the world of open source began in the mid-90s, the easiest way to get installation media was to buy CD sets from online stores and have them shipped to you. Being interested in experimenting with different operating systems, I always bought the giant bundle that included all the distributions. Debian,…

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[ad_1] Rikki Endsley is a community manager for Opensource.com. In the past, she worked as the community evangelist on the Open Source and Standards (OSAS) team at Red Hat; a freelance tech journalist; community manager for the USENIX Association; associate publisher of Linux Pro Magazine, ADMIN, and Ubuntu User; and as the managing editor of Sys…

[ad_1] Hello, open gaming fans! In this week’s edition, we take a look at OpenMW gaming engine new release, Zotac Steam Machine review, Rocket league to launch, and more. Open gaming roundup for November 28 – December 4, 2015 OpenMW 0.37 released OpenMW is a new and modern gaming engine, and it’s based on the engine that…

[ad_1] In this week’s edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at Apple releasing Swift 2.0 as open source, Raspberry Pi Zero vs. C.H.I.P., and more! Open source news roundup for November 29 – December 5, 2015 Apple release Swift 2.0 as open source As promised earlier this year, Apple has…

[ad_1] As 2016 approaches, many of us are thinking about how fast 2015 flew by. To capture a snapshot of the year, we’ve launched the 2015 Open Source Yearbook, a community-contributed collection of the year’s top open source projects, people, tools, and stories. We’ve already published: Check back for Open Source Yearbook articles through December.…