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Lawyer: Open-source risks overblown
November 2, 2005
Prominent open-source software attorney says the GPL already minimizes many risks of using free and open-source software.
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Open-source programmer alleges Linux misuse
March 16, 2005
GPL advocate believes Motorola, 12 other companies are using Linux in violation of license that governs the software.
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CeBit
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Motorola Inc.
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Linux
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license
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open-source software
Eben Moglen predicts broad embrace of GPL 3
May 23, 2007
Open-source legal expert is bullish about the prospects for the upcoming new version of the General Public License.
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Richard Stallman
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Free Software Foundation
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Microsoft Corp.
Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation
December 23, 2004
The license that forms the legal underpinnings of Linux--and a software industry revolution--is being updated for the first time since 1991.
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Bill Gates
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IBM Corp.
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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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Germany
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Novell Inc.
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Linux
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California
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security
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operating system
Sun criticizes popular open-source license
April 6, 2005
Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz applauds the open-source software realm but takes jabs at the GPL.
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Red Hat Inc.
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IBM Corp.
GPL defenders say: See you in court
October 1, 2007
The Software Freedom Law Center files suit--and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant.
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Linux
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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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.
Torvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content control
January 16, 2007
Both DRM technology and GPL 3 will cause a lot of arguments, the man behind Linux says. But in the end, good technology will prevail.
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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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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 Corp.
Linux license overhaul--don't hold your breath
February 14, 2005
General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.
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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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Torvalds critical of new GPL draft
July 28, 2006
Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment.
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Buffing up open source
January 17, 2006
Linux takes a new tack to stay competitive, as a key legal underpinning opens up for potential revisions.
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HP
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server
Second start-up tackles open-source hygiene
February 15, 2005
San Francisco-based Palamida begins selling software aimed at making sure open-source and proprietary software don't intermingle.
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SCO Group Inc.
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San Francisco
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IBM 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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Novell Inc.
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Bruce Perens
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Oracle Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
Stallman unbending on software patents
January 17, 2006
Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder."
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The open-source programmer who means business
February 2, 2006
Linux expert and MBA candidate Alan Cox talks about the GPL, patent politics and the drive to the desktop.
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Trusted Computing
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Red Hat Inc.
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Linux
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Sony Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?
May 10, 2005
CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days?
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