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Groklaw founder exits open-source firm

November 24, 2004 Pamela Jones steps down from OSRM, which insures against open-source intellectual property risks. TAGS: Open Source Risk Management, SCO Group Inc., intellectual property, open source, litigation, founder, Unix, Linux

Microsoft: Open source 'not reliable or dependable'

May 19, 2006 Executive tells BBC it's mainly of interest to community projects, lacks benefits of commercial model. TAGS: documentary, open source, open-source software, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies

February 15, 2006 Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more. TAGS: Gentoo, Sleepycat Software Inc., open source, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, founder, open-source software, Linux, blog, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

Gentoo Linux founder to 'educate' Microsoft

June 16, 2005 Software giant hires a key figure behind the popular Linux distribution to teach its in-house developers about open source. TAGS: Gentoo, chief architect, Gentoo Linux, open source, founder, Linux, developer, Microsoft Corp.

Open-source leader steps aside at industry group

February 1, 2005 Eric Raymond, one of the most influential members of the open-source community, leaves his post as president of OSI. TAGS: Eric Raymond, OSI, open source, open-source community, open-source software, co-founder, general counsel, leader, founder, organization, vice president, president, Linux, Firefox, Web browser

Wikipedia's open-source label conundrum

December 9, 2005 Despite a media habit of referring to Wikipedia as an open-source project, it looks only a little like such software efforts. TAGS: Wikipedia, open source, podcasting, founder, Linux, conference

JBoss founder departs Red Hat

February 9, 2007 Linux seller confirms that outspoken Java server software executive Marc Fleury won't return from paternity leave. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., founder, open source, Linux

OpenBSD founder makes funding plea

March 23, 2006 The group calls on commercial users for financial help, decries "culture of entitlement" in open-source community. TAGS: OpenBSD, OpenSSH, founder, open-source community, open source, project, IBM Corp., developer, income, Unix, operating system, CD

Tools, tune-ups for Linux efforts

February 21, 2006 Gnome brings the OS to its desktops, Debian's founder moves on, Ubunto's Goobunto, and more. TAGS: GNOME, Debian, founder, Linux, Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, blog, operating system

Open-source group to corral licenses

April 7, 2005 OSI gets under way with an effort to pare down the number of open-source software licenses in widespread use. TAGS: OSI, license, open source, proliferation, program manager, open-source software, founder, Computer Associates International Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, Linux, Intel

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, open source, mailing list

Apache founder to help govern OpenSolaris

April 5, 2005 Sun, trying to keep its software relevant, is looking to draw open-source credibility to advisory board for OpenSolaris project. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Apache Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, founder, consultant, IBM Corp., server, operating system

Stallman: OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'

September 19, 2006 Project to fight low-quality patents could make legal terrain tougher for open source, FSF founder says. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, patent, software patent, tagging, art, open source, Free Software Foundation, founder, project, developer, solution

Sun hires Debian Linux founder

March 19, 2007 Ian Murdock, founder of Debian and several other Linux initiatives, now will work with Solaris and Linux. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Debian, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, founder, Ubuntu, chairman, open source, blog, operating system, server

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, intellectual property, open-source software, GNU, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

New Linux look fuels old debate

April 17, 2006 The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. TAGS: intellectual property, graphics chip company, open source, Linux, ATI Technologies, Free Software Foundation, kernel, Linux kernel, NVidia, GPL, software product, chip company, manager, founder, 3D, Microsoft Windows Vista

Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win

November 3, 2006 As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Red Hat Inc., Bruce Perens, Linux, SCO Group Inc., alliance, open-source software, open source, agreement, Oracle Corp., founder, Microsoft Corp.

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, SCO Group Inc., open source, open-source software, IBM Corp., innovation, Sun Solaris, Linux, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

New swap shop for Napster founder

December 3, 2004 newsmakerShawn Fanning is back in business, and he's talking about his new vision of label-approved file trading. TAGS: Shawn Fanning, Snocap, file-swapping, Napster Inc., P2P, eDonkey, vision, founder, Kazaa, digital music, open source, idea, Apple iTunes

Stallman unbending on software patents

January 17, 2006 Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder." TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, Free Software Foundation, software patent, Bruce Perens, open source, open-source software, founder, IBM Corp., Linux, forum
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