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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Novell bans proprietary Linux modules
August 1, 2006
Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option.
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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.
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Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3
June 29, 2007
The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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VMware-friendly change likely for Linux
April 13, 2006
Programmers work with VMware for a general virtualization interface; Xen no longer the incumbent.
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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.
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