[*] October issue of the Open Source Business Resource is now available

[Steve Lecomte]

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The October issue of the Open Source Business Resource is now
available in PDF and HTML formats at http://www.osbr.ca.

The Open Source Business Resource (OSBR) is a free monthly publication
of the Talent First Network. The OSBR is for Canadian business owners,
company executives and employees, directors of open source
foundations, leaders of open source projects, open source groups,
individuals and organizations that contribute to open source projects,
academics and students interested in open source, technology transfer
professionals, and government employees who promote wealth creation
through innovation.

Each issue contains thoughtful insights on open source issues written
for and by people who work with open source.

The theme of the October issue is "Licensing" and it contains a mix of
 perspectives from lawyers, project leads, academics, and the
enterprise.

In this issue,

- Lawrence Rosen, who has served as general counsel for the Open
Source Initiative and the Apache Foundation, introduces a new
licensing model for the QNX ecosystem.

- Thomas Prowse, former senior counsel for Nortel and now a partner in
Gowlings' business law department working from the firm's Kanata
Technology Law Office provides a framework for managing open source
licenses within a company.

- Stormy Peters from Openlogic discusses licensing issues and best
practices within the enterprise.

- Kamal Hassin, a master's student with Carleton University's
Technology Innovation Management program, examines recent course cases
involving open source licenses.

- Bruce Montague, computer scientist at Symantec Research Labs,
provides historical insight into the two most commonly used open
source licenses and offers suggestions for their use.

- Kelly Rankin and Ronald Baecker from the University of Toronto
discuss the lessons learned since releasing ePresence as open source.

- Amos Hayes from the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
examines the process behind selecting a license for the Nunaliit
cartography framework.

We hope you enjoy the October issue of the OSBR and look forward to
your feedback.  If you wish to write an article for the OSBR, please
contact the editor Du Lavigne via e-mail: dru at osbr.ca