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Nokia: Linux kernel may use our patents

May 26, 2005 Finnish company is the latest to begin offering intellectual-property protections to open-source programmers. TAGS: Linux kernel, patent, Nokia Corp., open-source software, open-source programmer, Linux, intellectual property, open source, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: Linux kernel, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Java developer, Java, source code, London, Linux

InfiniBand support in latest Linux

January 20, 2005 Linus Torvalds accepts support for the InfiniBand high-speed networking technology into the latest version of the Linux kernel. TAGS: InfiniBand, networking technology, Linux kernel, Linux, alliance, open source

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, Linux kernel, Linux, OpenOffice.org, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Red Hat Inc., lawyer, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., article

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. TAGS: delegate, metrics, open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux kernel, Linux, open-source software, project, London, security, analysis

Linux developers create forum to air core flaws

February 2, 2005 The mailing list will aim to get flaws fixed quickly with as little politics as possible. TAGS: Linux kernel, disclosure, flaw, Linux, mailing list, security, developer, software company, fix, open source, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

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, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system

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, module, Free Software Foundation, Linspire, Linux, kernel, open source, video card, video

Companies push Linux partitioning effort

January 17, 2006 Effort is under way to get virtualization into the Linux kernel, so it can catch up with rival OSes in server efficiency. TAGS: OpenVZ, SWsoft, virtualization, Charles King, Linux kernel, Linux, open source, server, IBM 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, foundation, Free Software Foundation, license, GNU, Linux kernel, provision, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Linux programmer, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, survey, Linux seller, open source, Linux, license, digital-rights management

'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. TAGS: Second Life, server software, open source, virtual worlds, Linux kernel, GPL, open-source software, code, Linux, agreement, server

Security research suggests Linux has fewer flaws

December 14, 2004 Four years of research by a code-analysis firm finds that the latest open-source OS beats commercial software for quality. TAGS: Coverity, Linux, flaw, source code, Linux kernel, analysis, open source, research, operating system, Apple Mac OS, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, security

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. TAGS: GPL, MySQL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, Linux kernel, open source, license, Linux

Torvalds looking for new Linux home

April 8, 2005 Linus Torvalds wants replacement for BitKeeper system that houses and manages global programming effort. Development could slow as result. TAGS: Linux kernel, repository, Linux, Novell Inc., open source, programming, e-mail

Key bugs in core Linux code squashed

August 3, 2005 Serious bugs in the latest Linux kernel have been fixed, a sign that the open-source OS is maturing. TAGS: Coverity, Linux kernel, defect, Linux, analysis, bug, code, file system, security, programming, open source, networking, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: GPLv3, Samba, Free Software Foundation, GPL, GNU, Linux kernel, leader, license, open source, Linux

New Linux look fuels old debate

April 17, 2006 The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. TAGS: graphics chip company, intellectual property, open source, Linux, ATI Technologies, Free Software Foundation, kernel, Linux kernel, NVidia, GPL, software product, chip company, manager, founder, 3D, operating system

VMware-friendly change likely for Linux

April 13, 2006 Programmers work with VMware for a general virtualization interface; Xen no longer the incumbent. TAGS: Xen, VMware, hypervisor, virtualization, virtual machine, Linux programmer, EMC Corp., Open Source Development Labs, Linux kernel, patch management, Linux, programmer, open source, operating system

Sun considers GPL 3 license for Solaris

January 30, 2006 But chances of cooperation between Solaris and Linux are clouded because Linux will remain under GPL 2. TAGS: Sun Solaris, GPL, Jonathan Schwartz, Linus Torvalds, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, GPL 3, open source, Xen, Linux kernel, blog, intellectual property, server, Dell, operating system, HP
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