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'Free' versus 'open source'
February 3, 2005GPL 3 release set for Friday
June 28, 2007 Free Software Foundation is set to release next version of open-source license more than three months after initial deadline.Opening up an open-source roadblock
February 21, 2007 If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says.Bringing free software to the masses
April 13, 2006 Peter Brown of the Free Software Foundation hopes to "get the message of free software outside the hacker world."GPL 3 not expected to split free-software world
March 25, 2005 Despite open-source developers' concerns, Free Software Foundation's general counsel predicts no difficulty in moving to third version.Next GPL to protect free software from lawsuits?
September 6, 2005 Next version of General Public License may restrict companies from using patents against free software, FSF Europe president says.So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
April 30, 2007 James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems.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.Sticking points in the new GPL
July 3, 2007 How far is too far when it comes to the freedom of software? Plus: Palm slipping, Windows sliding.Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft
July 25, 2007 Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says.Eben Moglen's (slightly) lower profile
May 11, 2007 The law school professor says he'll continue his advocacy of open source, but wants to step out of the limelight.Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
April 9, 2007 Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics.New draft of GPL 3
July 27, 2006 The Free Software Foundation has released a new draft of the controversial version 3 of the General Public License.New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood
January 18, 2006 Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen says the updated GPL may put open-source products in conflict with movie studios and Tivo.Public debate on GPL 3 draft begins
January 16, 2006 Free Software Foundation releases the first public discussion draft of the General Public License version 3.Foundation wants more of the PC to be free
February 28, 2005 The Free Software Foundation is mounting a wider effort to encourage the creation of free BIOS software for PCs.Critics: Microsoft server license snubs open source
January 28, 2005 Proposed server interoperability license--demanded by the EU--will shut the door on open-source software such as Samba, say critics.Samba will move to GPLv3
July 9, 2007 The Free Software Foundation's new license gets a major endorsement from a major server software project.MySQL sticks with current GPL for now
January 4, 2007 Waiting for "general acceptance" of General Public License version 3, MySQL keeps open-source database tied to current version.FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims
September 27, 2006 Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features.
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