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GPL 3 not expected to split free-software world
March 25, 2005 Despite open-source developers' concerns, Free Software Foundation's general counsel predicts no difficulty in moving to third version.Novell bans proprietary Linux modules
August 1, 2006 Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option.FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims
September 27, 2006 Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features.Sticking points in the new GPL
July 3, 2007 How far is too far when it comes to the freedom of software? Plus: Palm slipping, Windows sliding.Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
September 20, 2006 Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.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.Foundation wants more of the PC to be free
February 28, 2005 The Free Software Foundation is mounting a wider effort to encourage the creation of free BIOS software for PCs.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."So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
April 30, 2007 James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems.Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says.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.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.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.DRM key to Linux's consumer success?
April 7, 2006 Yes, RealNetworks exec argues at LinuxWorld. But do consumers really want tech like FairPlay, PlaysForSure?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.Buffing up open source
January 17, 2006 Linux takes a new tack to stay competitive, as a key legal underpinning opens up for potential revisions.New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood
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.Which way, open-sourcers?
September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities.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.Torvalds critical of new GPL draft
July 28, 2006 Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment.
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