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Novell worries that GPL 3 could foil Microsoft pact
May 29, 2007
In document posted to SEC site, Linux seller outlines ways new version of open-source license could hurt its business.
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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.
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Linux fans ready to burn rubber
May 24, 2007
The open-source operating system makes headway with Windows stalwart Dell and gets set for a high-speed plug this weekend.
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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.
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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.
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Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win
November 3, 2006
As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL.
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Microsoft teams with Linux distributor Xandros
June 4, 2007
Technical and legal pact calls for product interoperability and legal protections for common customers.
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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."
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Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pact
November 7, 2006
Novell disclosed details of its five-year partnership with competitor Microsoft in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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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.
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Open-source leader leaving Novell for Google
December 21, 2006
Samba co-founder Jeremy Allison says he objects to Novell's patent pact with Microsoft, heads to search giant.
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How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation
November 22, 2006
perspective Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains the ramifications of a recent case on the future of open-source software.
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Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time
November 7, 2006
newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.
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Novell extends open-source push
May 11, 2004
For the second time, the company has released the source code of a once-proprietary software package that makes it easier to substitute Linux for Microsoft's Windows.
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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.
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Year in review: Grappling with open source
December 19, 2006
As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways.
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Microsoft patent peace--or patent war?
November 3, 2006
By declaring a "patent peace" with Novell Linux, did the software company just declare patent war with the open-source realm?
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Year in review: Linux on the hot seat
December 16, 2004
SCO fell out of the limelight, but its legal actions triggered efforts to wrestle with open-source intellectual-property issues.
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