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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., Linux kernel, GPL, Free Software Foundation, module, Linspire, Linux, kernel, open source, supplier, video card, video

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, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, survey, Linux seller, open source, Linux, license, digital-rights management

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

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

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, Free Software Foundation, license, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, provision, GNU, Linux kernel, open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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., Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, patent, freedom, open-source software, open source, Linux, digital-rights management, agreement, Microsoft 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, Free Software Foundation, Linux, Linux kernel, kernel, ATI Technologies, NVidia, chip company, GPL, software product, manager, founder, 3D, operating system
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