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March 31, 2005 The chipmaker says it will discontinue an open-source license used to govern some of its software. TAGS: Open Source Initiative, open source, license, Intel, mailing list, open-source software, leadership, chip company

April 7, 2005 OSI gets under way with an effort to pare down the number of open-source software licenses in widespread use. TAGS: OSI, license, open source, proliferation, program manager, open-source software, founder, Computer Associates International Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, Linux, Intel

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, source code, Richard Stallman, foundation, open source, Bill Gates, Web service, open-source software, attorney, programming, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

January 28, 2005 Proposed server interoperability license--demanded by the EU--will shut the door on open-source software such as Samba, say critics. TAGS: Samba, Free Software Foundation, antitrust, license, European Union, critic, open-source software, agreement, server software, open source, server, copy, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, open source, LinuxWorld, license, Free Software Foundation, GNU, Linux, IBM Corp., Unix, open-source software, operating system

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. TAGS: GPLv3, GPL, Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, enterprise server, open-source software, SuSE Linux, certificate, license, Free Software Foundation, SuSE, party, Redmond, free, Microsoft Corp., open source

March 15, 2005 The Java steward plans to simplify "excessively complicated" commercial license, as it readies an overhaul of the standard. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, commercial software company, J2EE, J2SE, Java 2, Stephen O'Grady, license, BEA Systems Inc., Java application, open-source software, software company, Sun Java, open source, IBM Corp.

August 10, 2005 Release should lead to debate of near-religious fervor over future of license that governs much free and open-source software. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, GNU, open source, Unix, license, Novell Inc., open-source software, Linux, San Francisco, discussion

July 28, 2006 Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, draft, foundation, digital-rights management, license, leader, Linux, open-source software, open source, IBM Corp., HP

October 1, 2007 The Software Freedom Law Center files suit--and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant. TAGS: GPL, GPLv3, compliance, Free Software Foundation, open source, open-source software, license, attorney, Linux

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