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This week, California took a big step forward in open-source education. Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a proposal to create a website that will allow students to download popular textbooks for free. The legislation contains two bills: One, a proposal for the state to fund 50 open-source digital textbooks, targeted to lower-division courses, which will be produced by California's universities. The other bill is a proposal to establish a California Digital Open Source Library to host those books.

Textbook pricing continues to be an issue, and open source alternatives gain attention. 

Quick news on Marlin, a new open-source DRM, that does not restrict users to a single device.

Software maker reached licensing agreement that covers open-source software used by Internet retailer. " />

Students hate textbook publishers; textbook publishers hate that students resell, reuse, and download copies of their texts. Is there a middle ground, a sustainable business model where all parties have a sense of fairness?