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End of the Road
Read more: End of the RoadAfter a decade of advocating for the developer community, the time has come to wind down the Developers Alliance. For some of you, this may come as a shock. As…
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Developers Alliance Announces New Leadership and Expanded Mission
Read more: Developers Alliance Announces New Leadership and Expanded MissionContact: Chris Grimm – cgrimm@appdevelopersalliance.org Developers Alliance Announces New Leadership and Expanded Mission Bruce Gustafson Named New CEO, Will Focus on Representing All Software Developers Washington, D.C. – The Developers…
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ePrivacy Regulation: the discussion continues
Read more: ePrivacy Regulation: the discussion continuesThe negotiations on the ePrivacy Regulation are in full swing. In order to respect the ambitious timeline proposed by the Commission, the European Parliament is already in an advanced stage of the internal discussion and the Council is getting ready to further move forward the dossier.
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Developers Alliance Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the ePrivacy Regulation
Read more: Developers Alliance Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the ePrivacy RegulationContact: Michela Palladino – Michela@AppAlliance.org Developers Alliance Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the ePrivacy Regulation BRUSSELS – This morning, the Developers Alliance issued the following letter to…
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The Next Challenges for the EU Mobile Economy
Read more: The Next Challenges for the EU Mobile EconomyOn 27 June, the Developers Alliance organized a Tech Policy Dialogue on “The Next Challenges for the EU Mobile Economy” in Brussels. The session brought together representatives from the EU institutions and the industry to explore the state of competition in Europe and discuss the role of government in the app marketplace.
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Hold on to your APIs
Read more: Hold on to your APIsIt started in the summer of 2012. At the time, Oracle was claiming it held a copyright on JAVA, including the APIs (application programming interfaces) that Google had kept as part of the implementation of Android. Never mind that the code behind the Android APIs was completely rewritten. Oracle wanted protection for the APIs themselves.
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Joint Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the European Electronic Communications Code
Read more: Joint Letter to Members of the European Parliament on the European Electronic Communications CodeBRUSSELS – This morning, the Developers Alliance in partnership with Allied for Startups, Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW), eCommerce Europe and startups.be issued the following letter to relevant Members of the European Parliament:
