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November 14, 2006 If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, Java, license, Linux, open source, possibility, operating system

December 6, 2006 Exec's comments come after Sun decides to release Java code under the less-controversial version 2 of the General Public License. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, GPLv3, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java Platform, Java, open source, license, blog, Linux

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, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, GPLv3, OpenSolaris, Linux, license, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, leader

June 29, 2007 Linux looms large in software shifts in India. Plus: Version 3 of the GPL gets a long-awaited release. TAGS: GPL, Linux, open source, India, Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, operating system, PC

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

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, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, GPL 2, license, open source, community, Linux

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, Linux, license, acquisition, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

February 14, 2006 Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Jonathan Schwartz, T1, BSD Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., CIO, GPL, BSD, open source, Linux, conference, project, specification, Unix, server

June 13, 2007 Can Linus Torvalds and Sun's Jonathan Schwartz find common ground on Linux and OpenSolaris? TAGS: Linus Torvalds, Jonathan Schwartz, OpenSolaris, GPL 3, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, GPL, Sun Solaris, leader, open source, CEO, blog, Apple Computer, Microsoft Windows

November 22, 2006 In the software business, you can't just sit around--there's always a new feature to add or the Joneses to keep up with. TAGS: Apache Software Foundation, open source, GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Firefox 2.0, Linux, open-source software, handset, Java, blog, IBM Corp., Firefox, Microsoft Corp.

December 19, 2006 As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways. TAGS: JBoss, open source, Novell Inc., IBM DB2, GPL, AJAX, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., middleware, MySQL, acquisition, IBM Corp., Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, Microsoft Corp.

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