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

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, Novell Inc., GPL, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, enterprise server, open-source software, SuSE Linux, Free Software Foundation, SuSE, certificate, license, party, Redmond, Microsoft Corp., free, open source

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

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: Linus Torvalds, GPL, GPL 3, Novell Inc., draft, Free Software Foundation, Linux, intellectual property, license, open source, leader, Microsoft Corp., HP

Sun to open source code for office software

July 17, 2000 The company will open the source code of its Star Office software Wednesday, but a major new version of the product has been delayed. TAGS: Applix Inc., StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, GPL, source code, license, Linux, acquisition, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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