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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. TAGS: Linux kernel, Oracle Corp., file system, Novell Inc., Linux server, Linux, server

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. TAGS: Novell Inc., storage software, SuSE, SuSE Linux, file system, Red Hat Inc., Linux kernel, programmer, Linux

Novell bans proprietary Linux modules

August 1, 2006 Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option. TAGS: Novell Inc., Linux kernel, GPL, Free Software Foundation, module, Linspire, Linux, open source, kernel, supplier, video card, video

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. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source community, open source, Linux kernel, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

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

GPL getting tougher on patent deals

March 28, 2007 Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software." TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, draft, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, patent, freedom, open-source software, Linux, open source, agreement, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, anti-DRM, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, Linux, digital signature, leader, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., mailing list, e-mail, security

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. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, OpenOffice.org, Linux kernel, Linux, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., lawyer, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., article
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