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February 14, 2005 General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle. TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, Free Software Foundation, license, LinuxWorld, open source, GNU, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., open-source software, operating system

January 26, 2006 Linus Torvalds rejects the planned update to the seminal open-source license, citing its DRM provisions. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, Linux, license, software development, founder, open source, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, GPL, anti-DRM, Richard Stallman, digital-rights management, TiVo Inc., open source, provision, Hollywood, movie, Linux, IBM Corp., operating system

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Samba, Free Software Foundation, open source, Linus Torvalds, lawyer, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, Linux, consortium, center, law, intellectual property, Unix, professor

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

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, foundation, GNU, license, Free Software Foundation, provision, Linux kernel, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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

January 19, 2006 Free Software Foundation's attorney explains how Hollywood and TiVo use GPL now--and how they might use the next version. TAGS: GPL, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, transformation, license, evolution, Hollywood, TiVo Inc., environment, IBM Corp., Linux

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