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GUEST OPINION:  Over the past five years, Oracle has made four rounds of changes to its Java licensing and pricing policy for what was previously a free programming language and toolset used by thousands of organisations as the foundation for most business-critical software applications.

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Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies is claimed to be licensing its smartphone designs to other vendors in order that it can get past American sanctions that have devastated its smartphone business.

An independent study by PA Consulting confirms Nokia’s leadership in 5G Standard Essential Patents, and is the latest to rank Nokia number one for patents declared as essential for cellular standards, including 5G.

Nokia has announced it has concluded a “multi-year, multi-technology patent cross-license agreement with Lenovo”, and while Lenovo will “make a net balancing payment to Nokia”, the terms of the agreement remain confidential.

It’s no April Fool’s joke! The “new no-charge licensing” and the new, no-cost version of Cyber Protection Cloud enables MSPs “to offer cyber protection services on more endpoints, based on Acronis’ best-of-breed backup, award-winning anti-malware, and protection management at little to no cost."

The au Domain Administration, the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, says rules for the com.au, net.au, org.au and asn.au namespaces will change on 12 April 2021 after they were approved by the auDA board at a meeting on 10 November.

The COVID-19 pandemic is slowing the licensing of software products, with application software companies facing a tough 2020, according to global analyst firm GlobalData.

Global IT management software provider, SolarWinds, has announced the majority of its on-premises IT operations management products now have subscription-based pricing available.

Kemp, the leader in powering always-on application experience [AX], has announced multiple load balancer product and licensing changes. These provide increased value and tighter alignment with independent software vendor (ISV) and service provider use cases for optimising and securing applications across hybrid infrastructures.

VENDOR PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT. Kemp, the leader in powering always-on application experience [AX], has announced multiple load balancer product and licensing changes. These provide increased value and tighter alignment with independent software vendor (ISV) and service provider use cases for optimising and securing applications across hybrid infrastructures.

A clear licensing framework is needed for space-based communications networks and systems, according to telecommunications lobby group Communications Alliance, which has welcomed the telecoms regulator ACMA’s intention to undertake a staged revision of the assessment of all space/space receive and earth/earth receive apparatus licences.

Australian-listed blockchain and AI focused mobile games developer Animoca Brands has secured an exclusive global licensing agreement with Dorna Sports - owners and managers of the MotoGP - to develop a 'manager' style blockchain game which will use digital collectibles to drive fan engagement and uptake.

Although the TiVo EPG will switch off in Australia before the end of the year, TiVo has renewed its long-term IP licence allowing Foxtel to deliver an “ultimate entertainment discovery experience".

Developing a cross-platform application is now one of the preferred options when creating a mobile application. The convenience that it provides – one source code for multiplenplatforms – makes such development type a compelling option.

Russian Internet security supremo, Eugene Kaspersky, has ‘had enough’ of Microsoft’s wily ways in working to wipe out anti-virus competitors in Windows 10.

Selected as a finalist for the ‘most disruptive technology’ category, ‘Sharing Economy’ telco Norwood has announced some major updates to its World Phone, Corona and other platforms.

Listed payments processing technology provider, Mint Payments (ASX: MNW) has partnered with multi travel agency software solution provider Tramada Systems in a three-year licence and distribution agreement to deliver its fully integrated online payments processing service Minternet.