Monday October 31, 2005

[H]ardNews 9th Edition

Open Source Insurance:

There are three organizations that have partnered to offer insurance policies to corporations that use open source software. The policies cover up to $10 million dollars in damages, including profit losses from potential infringement cases. Cool stuff.

The insurance will cover up to $10 million in damages, including profit losses related to noncompliance with an open-source software license. The policy could, in some cases, cover the cost of repairing code that was found to infringe on open-source licenses such as the General Public License, which is used with the Linux operating system.

FREE Ceramic White PSPs:

You should head over to my alter-ego site Hypothermia and drop your name in the hat to win of two ceramic white PSPs. You can enter once a day to win, and tomorrow is the last day to enter so get in it to win it.

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I will have be giving away two ceramic white PSPs starting Friday. If you want to get your name in the hat, hit the link. As always, you can enter once a day until the contest closes. Good luck!