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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. TAGS: Samba, Free Software Foundation, antitrust, license, European Union, critic, open-source software, server software, agreement, open source, server, Microsoft Corp., copy, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

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, Linux kernel, provision, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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

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, open-source software, SuSE Linux, certificate, license, Free Software Foundation, SuSE, Redmond, party, free, Microsoft Corp., component

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, GPL 3, draft, Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation, Linux, intellectual property, license, open source, leader, Microsoft Corp., HP
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