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GPL 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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation

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. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, open-source community, open source, freedom, Novell Inc., intellectual property, member, open-source software, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Apple iPhone, open source, Linux, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, Pretty Good Privacy, GPL, founder, Red Hat Inc., professor, open source, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., GPL, lawyer, agreement, open source, Microsoft Corp., intellectual property, attorney

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." TAGS: Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, magazine, mass, executive director, background

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. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, commission, antitrust, faith, assault, Novell Inc., intellectual property, innovation, Europe, protocol, server software, agreement, Microsoft Corp., server, information technology, open source

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. TAGS: GPLv3, anti-DRM, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, GPL, provision, open-source community, code, Linux, open source, information technology, movie

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. TAGS: GPLv3, Samba, Free Software Foundation, GPL, GNU, Linux kernel, leader, license, open source, Linux

Free-software group says no to SCO

May 20, 2004 The Free Software Foundation has vowed to fight portions of a request to release information that could help the SCO Group in its legal battle against Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Free Software Foundation, Unix, Linux, Linus Torvalds, IBM Corp., lawsuit, Red Hat Inc., request, agreement, Novell Inc., open source

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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, Debian, general counsel, Linux, project, developer

British standards body mum on OOXML vote

September 4, 2007 The British Standards Institution won't divulge who's on its technical committee or discuss the outcome of its vote on OOXML. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, committee, specification, standard, XML, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility

May 10, 2007 Final GPL 3 liable to be compatible with the Apache License, lowering barriers between open-source projects. TAGS: Apache Software Foundation, GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, compatibility, open source, license, Sun Microsystems Inc., project, Java

GPL getting tougher on patent deals

March 28, 2007 Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software." TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, draft, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, freedom, digital-rights management, patent, Linux, open-source software, open source, Microsoft Corp., agreement

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. TAGS: clause, GPL, software patent, Free Software Foundation, president

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, discussion, mailing list, open source, Linux, Novell Inc., project, founder, Java, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: GPL, GPLv3, MySQL, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, license, open source, Linux
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