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March 26, 2007 Amid complaints about bloated prices for the OS in the United Kingdom, software maker extends a U.S. discount program's reach. TAGS: Europe, Microsoft Windows Vista, U.K., blog, license, small business, retailer, U.S., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system

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, server, open source, copy, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, foundation, Free Software Foundation, license, GNU, provision, Linux kernel, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

December 2, 2004 New license likely will be used to govern Solaris OS. But it may inhibit cross-pollination between Solaris and Linux. TAGS: Sun Solaris, open source, GPL, Open Source Initiative, Sun Microsystems Inc., license, multiprocessor, Linux, intellectual property, Unix, developer, IBM Corp., operating system

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, Free Software Foundation, license, LinuxWorld, GNU, open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., open-source software, operating system

November 14, 2006 If Sun switched its Unix version to the General Public License, it could permit code-swapping with Linux. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, Jonathan Schwartz, Java, license, open source, Linux, possibility, operating system

October 17, 2006 It removes a license requirement for its Virtual Hard Disk file format to encourage others to develop products. TAGS: virtualization, interoperability, license, software company, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, hard drive

April 12, 2005 Desktop and server versions of Mac OS X 10.4 will be ready later this month, the Mac maker says. TAGS: Microsoft Longhorn, WinFS, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS X 10.4, Spotlight, search technology, Mac maker, Steve Jobs, license, dashboard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Unix, server, RSS, Amazon.com Inc.

February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GNU, GPL 3, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL 2, GPLv3, open source, kernel, community, Linux, Java, interview, license

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