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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, license, leader, open source, Linux

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, MySQL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, Linux kernel, open source, license, Linux

Top Linux programmers pan GPL 3

September 25, 2006 High-ranking kernel coders join Torvalds in opposing the new license draft; some say it could harm open source. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Linux programmer, GPLv3, Linux kernel, Free Software Foundation, survey, Linux seller, open source, Linux, license, digital-rights management

Microsoft tries evading new GPL grasp

July 6, 2007 Redmond says it's not a party to the new license. And those Suse Linux coupons won't get you any support guarantees. TAGS: GPLv3, GPL, Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, enterprise server, SuSE Linux, open-source software, Free Software Foundation, license, certificate, SuSE, Redmond, party, Microsoft Corp., free, 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: Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, GPL, provision, open-source community, code, information technology, open source, Linux, movie

Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL

February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, GNU, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, GPLv3, kernel, community, open source, interview, Linux, Java, license

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, anti-DRM, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, Linux, digital signature, leader, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., mailing list, security, e-mail

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

New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM

July 27, 2006 Second draft of General Public License 3 "clarifies" digital rights management provisions, a point of contention. Draft version 3 of GPL in full TAGS: GPL, digital-rights management, draft, provision, foundation, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux

Torvalds critical of new GPL draft

July 28, 2006 Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, draft, GPLv3, digital-rights management, foundation, license, leader, Linux, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, HP

HP balks at patent provision in GPL update

August 2, 2006 So far, Hewlett-Packard prefers the earlier GPL, raising the specter that two versions of the license will survive. TAGS: GPLv3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source project, open source, license, party, HP, Linux, work

GPL defenders say: See you in court

October 1, 2007 The Software Freedom Law Center files suit--and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant. TAGS: GPL, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, open-source software, compliance, open source, license, attorney, Linux
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