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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. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, software patent, trademark, open-source community, intellectual property, Linux, founder, mailing list, open source

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. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, open source, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, IBM Corp., innovation, Sun Solaris, Linux, chairman, founder, Mozilla Corp., programming

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. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, Linux, Linux kernel, license, software development, founder, open source, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, Open Source Development Labs, GPL 2, Linus Torvalds, GPLv3, Red Hat Inc., Chicago, Linux, founder, leader, open source, HP

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. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, Free Software Foundation, draft, Linus Torvalds, license, mailing list, Novell Inc., open source, project, founder, Linux, discussion, Java, Microsoft Corp.
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