http://www.opendawn.com Perfection Everywhere Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:48:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Opendawn is pleased to announce our new sales partnership with Greenbone Networks GmbH. We will be working with Greenbone to bring the Greenbone Security Manager (GSM) and associated Greenbone Security Feed to the Japanese market.  The Greenbone scan engine helps detect known and potential security vulnerabilities across a ... http://www.opendawn.com/2010/02/new-partnership-with-greenbone-networks-gmbh/ Today Opendawn is proud to release three new tools to assist with project governance. The first is a library of links covering everything from process development through to politics. The second is a tool to help people explore licensing options when starting their own project. The third is ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/11/three-governance-tools-released-into-beta/ Opendawn is proud to announce that we have become an Associate Partner of FOSSbazaar, joining organizations like BT, Hewlett-Packard, Linux Foundation, Novell, Black Duck Software and Olliance Group in promoting better FOSS governance FOSSBazaar is an open community that was launched by HP and our founding partners Coverity, DLA Piper, Google, ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/11/opendawn-joins-fossbazaar/ Shane Coughlan delivered a speech entitled 'Practical Economic Engagement with Free and Open Source Software' at OSC Kochi between 13:00 and 13:45 on Saturday the 14th of November. Details of his speech are available here. This was Opendawn's first opportunity to meet developers and FOSS enthusiasts from the island of Shikoku, and it was ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/11/opendawn-at-osc-kochi-summary/ Opendawn is proud to announce the immediate availability of a new free resource for Free/Open Source Software professionals. Today sees the launch of the FOSS library, a comprehensive listing of material covering everything from FOSS licensing to code governance to issue resolution.  This library will be updated and expanded over ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/11/foss-resources-launched/ Shane Coughlan delivered a speech entitled 'Practical Economic Engagement with Free and Open Source Software' at OSC Tokyo between 10:15 and 11:00 on Friday the 30th October. Details of his speech are available here. The speech was well-attended and was followed by a series of private meetings.  This marked Opendawn's first major engagement ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/10/opendawn-at-osc-tokyo-summary/ Shane Coughlan (Opendawn) and Armijn Hemel (Loohuis Consulting) published an article on LWN.net. "Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) allows all stakeholders to use, study, share and improve code for commercial or non-commercial reasons. However, engagement can still appear daunting to companies. They are monetizing other people's creations, and, with the high ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/10/foss-license-compliance-for-companies/ Shane Coughlan produced a review of the WIPO WCT and WPPT copyright treaties for Yeshey Lham at the Intellectual Property Division (IPD) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Kingdom of Bhutan.  This review was focused on the implication of the treaties for Information Technology and the emerging Information Society. For more ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/10/opendawn-assists-bhutanese-copyright-office/ Shane Coughlan will deliver a speech entitled "Practical Economic Engagement with Free and Open Source Software" to the Ruby City Matsue Project between 18:30 and 20:30 on the 16th of October.   This is with the kind invitation of Professor Noda on behalf of OSS Shimane Council. More information is available from: OSS ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/10/opendawn-at-ruby-city-matsue/ From today Shane Coughlan will act as Senior Advisor to Free Software Foundation Europe's legal department and the associated European Legal Network. His role will encompass the development of a growth strategy for the department and network, identification of external supporters for these services for FSFE's permanent staff, and representing the ... http://www.opendawn.com/2009/10/opendawn-assists-free-software-foundation-europe-plan-future-strategy/