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Torvalds weighs in on Linux trademark row
August 22, 2005
Linux founder defends protection of the trademark and insists that sublicensing is a loss-making operation.
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Torvalds unveils new Linux control system
April 20, 2005
Linux founder launches "Git," a new tool for managing the operating system's heart. A dispute had led him to drop the previous system.
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Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux
January 26, 2006
Linus Torvalds rejects the planned update to the seminal open-source license, citing its DRM provisions.
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Open-source honchos trash software patents
February 2, 2005
"Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit.
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Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
September 20, 2006
Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.
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New GPL draft due Wednesday
March 26, 2007
A third draft of the dominant open-source license is due Wednesday, and the final is due 90 days afterward.
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