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June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, GNU, license, Free Software Foundation, foundation, provision, Linux kernel, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, project, IBM Corp.

June 13, 2007 The Linux leader is still skeptical about GPL 3, but open-source Solaris could be a draw. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Sun Solaris, GPLv3, GPL 2, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Linux, license, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, leader

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 2, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, draft, Linus Torvalds, license, mailing list, discussion, open source, Linux, founder, project, Novell Inc., Java, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: GPL, GNU, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, GPL 2, GPLv3, Sun Microsystems Inc., kernel, Java, Linux, community, open source, license, interview

November 13, 2006 After years of requests and debates, Sun is set to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. TAGS: GPL, Java Platform, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, license, open source, community, Linux

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