Open source in government. Sourcefire announces relationships with Symantec and Microsoft. EPL supercedes CPL. The cost and potential savings of open source. The origins of open source. IBM and Sun - back on? And more.

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# OStatic: Why Isn’t Open Source Even Considered at the U.S. State Government Level?

# Simon Phipps: Five Ideas To Get FOSS Into Governments.

# Sourcefire’s 3D system to be bundled as part of the Symantec Managed Security Services offering.

# Sourcefire has also announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft.

# The Eclipse Foundation has collaborated with IBM and OSI to supercede CPL with EPL. Result: one less open source license.

# Bloomberg: Sun Said to Be Willing to Talk If IBM Eases on Terms.

# Black Duck estimated OSS development cost of $387bn, potential reuse saving for US businesses of $22bn.

# Forbes reported on Eclipse: Many Hands, Light Work.

# Zack Urlocker explained how Sun monetizes open source at the point of value.

# OpenX launched an online advertising marketplace.

# Rivet Logic open sourced Alfresco/portal integration. Introducing the Alfresco Web script Portlet rivet.

# John Newton: How did the term “open source” start?

# CBR Q&A: James Gosling on Sun-IBM, cloud, SOA, and of course Java.

# Kickfire officially launched its MySQL Appliance, and partnered with 10 SIs. (Both PDFs)

# ScaleDB launched the beta of its shared-disk OLTP storage engine for MySQL as well as an agreement to created appliances with Dolphin ICS both (PDFs).

# GroundWork Monitor added a cloud management extension from Tap In Systems.

# LinuxInsider took a look at the debates surrounding the Open Core Licensing strategy.

# Yet another open source CMS offering: Concrete5.

# The Election Technology Council issued a report on the viability of OSS for voting systems.

# A list of 10 Individuals who have contributed the most to FOSS.