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FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims

 September 27, 2006 Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Linux programmer, Free Software Foundation, foundation, Linux kernel, hardware maker, programmer, freedom, Linux

Novell bans proprietary Linux modules

 August 1, 2006 Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Linux kernel, module, Free Software Foundation, Linspire, Linux, kernel, open source, video card, video

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

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

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, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, digital signature, Linux, leader, Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., e-mail, security

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

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, Free Software Foundation, draft, Novell Inc., Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Linux kernel, patent, freedom, open source, open-source software, digital-rights management, Linux, agreement, Microsoft Corp.

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

Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux

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

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: intellectual property, graphics chip company, open source, Linux, kernel, Free Software Foundation, ATI Technologies, Linux kernel, NVidia, GPL, software product, chip company, manager, founder, 3D, operating system
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