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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. TAGS: GPL, Trusted Computing, license, Richard Stallman, source code, foundation, open source, Bill Gates, Web service, open-source software, IBM Corp., attorney, programming, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source software, obligation, open source, Sun Solaris, intellectual property, Java, source code, nation, Red Hat Inc., project, IBM Corp., president, Linux

Open-source Java--except for the exceptions

May 9, 2007 Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Richard Stallman, JDK, JavaOne, Free Software Foundation, open source, GPL, exception, source code, open-source software, conference, server, video

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? TAGS: Red Hat Inc., GPL, open source, source code, Steve Ballmer, antitrust, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., open-source software, New York, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, CEO
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