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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., Oracle Corp., open source, Sun UltraSPARC, founder, open-source software, Linux, blog, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

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 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, organization, vice president, founder, president, Linux, Firefox, Web browser

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, GNU, open-source software, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

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, proliferation, open source, program manager, open-source software, founder, Computer Associates International Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, Intel, Linux

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

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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