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Official nod for Sun open-source license
January 5, 2005 The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.Intel to stop using open-source license
March 31, 2005 The chipmaker says it will discontinue an open-source license used to govern some of its software.Sun names likely license for open-source Java
October 26, 2006 The candidate is the Community Development and Distribution License, used to govern Solaris, CEO says.Open-source board eyes fewer licenses
February 16, 2005 The Open Source Initiative is taking aim at the "proliferation problem" as the number of open-source licenses grows, CNET News.com has learned.Microsoft simplifies code-sharing plan
October 19, 2005 Company strips down its Shared Source Initiative to three licenses, one of which is modeled on the Mozilla Public License.Sun retires one open-source license
September 3, 2005 Company is putting its Sun Industry Standards Source License to bed and hints there may be more on the way out.Open-source group to corral licenses
April 7, 2005 OSI gets under way with an effort to pare down the number of open-source software licenses in widespread use.Door to Java source code opens a crack wider
March 16, 2005 "Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source.Open-source overseer proposes paring license list
March 2, 2005 Open Source Initiative head suggests licenses should meet three new requirements to gain seal of approval.Sun open-source license could mean Solaris-Linux barrier
December 2, 2004 New license likely will be used to govern Solaris OS. But it may inhibit cross-pollination between Solaris and Linux.Open-source Alfresco shifts to GPL
February 23, 2007 Document management company hopes license change will mean more outside programmer involvement.Microsoft aims to charm open-source world
June 29, 2006 Company highlights open-source strategy at London conference, but some attendees are leery of its motives.Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3
June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.Sun's open-source chief rallies behind GPL 3
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.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.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.GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility
May 10, 2007 Final GPL 3 liable to be compatible with the Apache License, lowering barriers between open-source projects.Critics: Microsoft server license snubs open source
January 28, 2005 Proposed server interoperability license--demanded by the EU--will shut the door on open-source software such as Samba, say critics.Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3
June 13, 2007 The Linux leader is still skeptical about GPL 3, but open-source Solaris could be a draw.Sun considers GPL for Solaris
November 14, 2006 If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux.
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