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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

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, Free Software Foundation, license, provision, Linux kernel, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Linux, 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, patent, Linux kernel, freedom, open source, open-source software, Linux, agreement, digital-rights management, 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: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, Linux, software development, license, founder, open source, IBM Corp.

Sun considers GPL 3 license for Solaris

January 30, 2006 But chances of cooperation between Solaris and Linux are clouded because Linux will remain under GPL 2. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, GPL, Linus Torvalds, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 3, Linux, open source, Xen, Linux kernel, intellectual property, blog, Dell, server, operating system, HP
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