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Linux kernel adopts Oracle cluster file system
April 4, 2006 Oracle touts announcement that Cluster File System 2 for Linux will be distributed with the Linux kernel.Linux kernel gets an update
June 20, 2006 Kernel 2.6.17 of the open-source operating system includes support for Sun's Niagara chips, wireless-friendly changes.Torvalds: Linux ready to go green
January 31, 2008 Developer of the Linux kernel says improvements in power-management, energy-diagnosis tools are in the offing.Novell bans proprietary Linux modules
August 1, 2006 Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option.Top Linux programmers pan GPL 3
September 25, 2006 High-ranking kernel coders join Torvalds in opposing the new license draft; some say it could harm open source.Sun to coders: Open-source Java won't change your life
August 16, 2006 Having access to the source code of the Java platform won't affect how developers work, the company says.Linux lab mending fences with techies
March 22, 2006 Open Source Development Labs expects the group to foster closer ties with sometimes-disgruntled programmers.Novell makes file storage software shift
October 13, 2006 Customers coax Novell to move SuSe Linux away from ReiserFS and toward ext3, used by rival Red Hat.FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims
September 27, 2006 Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features.Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3
June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
July 17, 2008 Linux creator calls OpenBSD crowd a bunch of "monkeys" and criticizes those who publicize security flaws to gain notoriety.Samba will move to GPLv3
July 9, 2007 The Free Software Foundation's new license gets a major endorsement from a major server software project.Linux guru warns on security of open-source code
October 26, 2006 Veteran developer Alan Cox cautions that hackers are trying hard to break open-source code and that many projects are far from secure.Linux kernel 'getting buggier,' leader says
May 6, 2006 Lead maintainer Andrew Morton says defects are being added to the production kernel faster than they're being fixed.Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad
February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes.MySQL sticks with current GPL for now
January 4, 2007 Waiting for "general acceptance" of General Public License version 3, MySQL keeps open-source database tied to current version.Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none
December 4, 2006 ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers.'Second Life' software becomes open-source
January 8, 2007 Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too.Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents
May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents.Experts say Microsoft's patent quest won't go far
May 16, 2007 It's unrealistic for Microsoft to expect open-source groups to actively seek out patent infringements, experts say. Sponsored matches for "Linux kernel"
