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Novell delivers security shield for Linux computers
January 10, 2006
Open-source AppArmor tool promises to help fend off intruders by putting restrictions on software that's running.
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Linux
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Red Hat Inc.
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security
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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Linux
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Microsoft Corp.
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Newest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear
June 1, 2007
Final draft of GPL 3 doesn't block the Novell-Microsoft patent pact that has raised open-source hackles.
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barrier
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work
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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.
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Linus Torvalds
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license
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Microsoft Corp.
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HP
Novell bans proprietary Linux modules
August 1, 2006
Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option.
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module
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Linux
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Linspire
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kernel
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open source
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video card
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video
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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Linux kernel
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open-source software
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Microsoft Corp.
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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GPL
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Red Hat Inc.
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Bruce Perens
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Linux
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SCO Group Inc.
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open-source software
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alliance
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agreement
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Oracle Corp.
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founder
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Microsoft Corp.
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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Microsoft Corp.
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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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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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server
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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SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
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SuSE Linux
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certificate
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license
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Free Software Foundation
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SuSE
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Redmond
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party
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free
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Microsoft Corp.
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open source
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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IBM Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
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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Jeremy Allison
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Samba
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Red Hat Inc.
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Google Inc.
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letter
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Microsoft Corp.
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server
GPL3 first public draft due early 2006
August 10, 2005
Release should lead to debate of near-religious fervor over future of license that governs much free and open-source software.
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GPL
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GNU
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Novell Inc.
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license
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Linux
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San Francisco
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Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft
July 25, 2007
Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says.
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Novell Inc.
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GPL
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agreement
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intellectual property
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attorney
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Microsoft Corp.
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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antitrust law
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GPL
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antitrust
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court
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Linux
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Red Hat Inc.
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open source
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IBM Corp.
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Novell Inc.
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work
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operating system
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Microsoft Corp.
Linux programmer wins legal victory
April 14, 2005
German court supports effort to enforce the GPL, which governs countless projects in the free and open-source software realms.
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Fortinet Inc.
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Linux programmer
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victory
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Novell Inc.
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Linux
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California
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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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GPL
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GPL 3
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GPL 2
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Free Software Foundation
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project
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Novell Inc.
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Linux
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founder
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Java
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Microsoft Corp.
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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JBoss
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open source
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Novell Inc.
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AJAX
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IBM DB2
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Red Hat Inc.
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Oracle Corp.
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middleware
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MySQL
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IBM Corp.
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Linux
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acquisition
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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database
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Microsoft Corp.
Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad
February 3, 2006
'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes.
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Linus Torvalds
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GPL
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GPLv3
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Free Software Foundation
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Linux kernel
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