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IBM takes potshots at OpenSolaris

August 16, 2006 Big Blue, a major Linux fan, bashes top rival Sun's effort to make its Unix an open-source operating system. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., open source, Linux, IBM AIX, community, programmer, Unix, project, operating system

Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL

February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, GNU, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, GPLv3, community, kernel, open source, Linux, interview, Java, license

Which way, open-sourcers?

September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, provision, open source, community, Linux

Trolltech axes the Greenphone

October 22, 2007 The Linux developer says it will now focus on its Qtopia platform and leave the hassles of hardware to other companies. TAGS: Trolltech, Mobile Linux, Vodafone Group Plc., hardware company, mobile application, open source, handset, platform, community, developer, Linux

Sun picks GPL license for Java code

November 13, 2006 After years of requests and debates, Sun is set to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. TAGS: GPL, Java Platform, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, GPL 2, open source, license, community, Linux

GPL 3.0: A bonfire of the vanities?

March 9, 2006 Jonathan Zuck says GPL advocates are adopting a religious stance on software development, rather than a practical one. TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, freedom, software development, open-source software, open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, community
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