SFLC settles GPL lawsuit with Verizon. Novell anounces plans for SUSE 11. Sun launches open source initiative for SMB market. (and more)

BusyBox Developers Agree To End GPL Lawsuit Against Verizon, Software Freedom Law Center (Press Release)

Novell Announces Development Plans for SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, Novell (Press Release)

Sun Microsystems Launches SMB Initiative; Delivers Complete Open Source Solutions to New Customers, Sun Microsystems (Press Release)

Open Source Software Gurus Converge in San Francisco Next Week to Discuss the Future of Open Source Technology, Open Source Business Conference (Press Release)

MindTouch Releases Deki Wiki “Itasca”; the Ultimate Software Developer Collaboration and Mashup Platform, MindTouch (Press Release)

Volantis Releases Mobility Server to the Open Source Community, Volantis Systems (Press Release)

OpenAjax Alliance Announces New Initiatives Around Secure Mashups and Mobile Device APIs, OpenAjax Alliance (Press Release)

SourceLabs Debuts New Class of Tools for Open Source Linux and Java, SourceLabs (Press Release)

Oracle Contributes XQilla XQuery Engine Under Open Source Apache License, Oracle (PressRelease)

SpringSource Announces Availability of SpringSource Tool Suite; Joins Eclipse Foundation, SpringSource (Press Release)

ILOG Shares Expertise and Products with the Eclipse Open Source Community, ILOG (Press Release)

JasperSoft Announces Significant Updates to its Business Intelligence Suite Community Edition, JasperSoft (Press Release)

Packt Publishing Donates Over $100,000 to Open Source Projects, Packt Publishing (Press Release)

Eclipse Announces New Runtime Initiative around Equinox, Eclipse Foundation (Press Release)

AMD Unveils Open Source Eclipse Plug-In to Enable Advanced Java Technology Profiling Functionality, AMD (Press Release)

Digium Widens Reach with Sleek New Version of Switchvox IP PBX, Digium (Press Release)

Zend Technologies Releases Zend Framework 1.5, With Significant Enhancements for Building Modern Web Applications, Zend Technologies (Press Release)

Appcelerator Unites Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) with Latest Software Releases, Appcelerator (Press Release)

CollabNet and ReleaseTEAM partner to deliver Software Development Solutions, CollabNet / ReleaseTEAM (Press Release)

Untangle Announces VoIP Support, Untangle (Press Release)

Hundreds of Nonprofit Organizations and Consultancies Adopt MPower’s Free Open Source Constituent Relationship Management Software, MPower Systems (Press Release)

Westcon Group Delivers Open Source-Based Communications to Reseller Community through CollaborationPoint OpenSource Program, Westcon Group (Press Release)

Alcatel-Lucent to integrate Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Realtime, Alcatel-Lucent (Press Release)

Sun Microsystems and Zmanda to Deliver Comprehensive Database Backup & Recovery Solutions for MySQL Enterprise Customers, Zmanda / Sun Microsystems (Press Release)

Protecode to Increase Open Source Use in Large Organizations, Protecode (Press Release)

Bruce Perens campaigns to join the OSI, CNET - The Open Road, Matt Asay (Blog)

Microsoft working with Eclipse - EclipseCon 2008, RedMonk - People Over Process, Michael Cote (Blog)

Rod Johnson on Innovation, InfoWorld - Open Sources, Savio Rodrigues (Blog)

Open Source Licensing: Obsolete or Of Importance?, RedMonk - tecosystems, Stephen O’Grady (Blog)

Thinking Legal for Open Source Success: Trademarks @ Licenses, Law & Life: Silicon Valley, Mark Radcliffe (Blog)

Thoughts on an (impending) identity crisis for FOSS, Open Source Unleashed, Alex Fletcher (Blog)