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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

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

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, open-source software, Novell Inc., member, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp.

New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns

March 29, 2007 Third draft of GPL version 3 eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell, and shows the Free Software Foundation is listening. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, draft, Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation, license, Linux, intellectual property, leader, Microsoft Corp., open source, HP

SCO's McBride sounds off in Linux legal battle

December 5, 2003 Chief Executive Darl McBride invokes the Founding Fathers in his company's battle over intellectual property rights. Also: SCO postpones its quarterly earnings report. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., copyright protection, GNU, intellectual property, Free Software Foundation, Unix, earnings report, intellectual property right, DMCA, Linux, GPL, open source, battle, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., letter

Open-source luminaries spurn SCO

July 31, 2003 Linux development leader Linus Torvalds and Free Software Foundation attorney Eben Moglen reject SCO Group's argument that Linux users should pay license fees for using the OS. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linus Torvalds, Unix, Free Software Foundation, Linux, Open Source Development Labs, IBM Corp., license, work, attorney, open source, code, intellectual property, leader, operating system

New Linux look fuels old debate

April 17, 2006 The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. TAGS: ATI Technologies, NVidia, graphics chip company, intellectual property, kernel, Linux, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, open source, file system, GPL, founder, chip company, operating system, 3D, Microsoft Windows Vista

Lawyers ride shotgun for open source

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: Samba, Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Free Software Foundation, open source, lawyer, Linus Torvalds, center, Linux, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, law, consortium, intellectual property, IBM Corp., professor

EU plan could put open sourcers in court

August 2, 2005 A proposed European law on IP infringement could allow SCO to sue Linux users in a criminal court, experts say. TAGS: directive, SCO Group Inc., infringement, intellectual property right, Free Software Foundation, law firm, intellectual property, IP, European Union, court, law, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
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