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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, agreement, lawyer, open source, Microsoft Corp., intellectual property, attorney

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

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, intellectual property, Novell Inc., innovation, protocol, Europe, server software, agreement, Microsoft Corp., information technology, server, open source

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, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Inc., enterprise server, certificate, license, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Free Software Foundation, open-source software, free, party, Redmond, 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: GPL, GPL 3, Linus Torvalds, draft, Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation, license, Linux, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., leader, open source, HP

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, freedom, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, patent, Linux, open source, open-source software, 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, GNU, Free Software Foundation, license, provision, Linux kernel, foundation, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, project, IBM Corp.

Free-software group says no to SCO

May 20, 2004 The Free Software Foundation has vowed to fight portions of a request to release information that could help the SCO Group in its legal battle against Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Free Software Foundation, Unix, Linux, Linus Torvalds, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., lawsuit, agreement, request, Novell Inc., open source

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, module, kernel, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, Linux, Linspire, open source, video card, video, 3D

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, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, digital signature, Linux, Novell Inc., provision, module, leader, Red Hat Inc., security, e-mail

GPL3 first public draft due early 2006

August 10, 2005 Release should lead to debate of near-religious fervor over future of license that governs much free and open-source software. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., GNU, Richard Stallman, open source, Unix, license, discussion, Linux, open-source software, San Francisco

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

GPL 3 release could slip past March

February 12, 2007 New draft of revamped open-source General Public License is due soon, but final release schedule is open, FSF executive director says. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, draft, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, executive director, Novell Inc., open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
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