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Red Hat exec takes over Open Source Initiative

March 4, 2005 Group seeking to become more influential in open-source matters sees second change of guard in less than a month. TAGS: OSI, Open Source Initiative, Red Hat Inc., open source, exec, president

Open-source leader steps aside at industry group

February 1, 2005 Eric Raymond, one of the most influential members of the open-source community, leaves his post as president of OSI. TAGS: Eric Raymond, OSI, open source, open-source software, open-source community, co-founder, general counsel, leader, organization, president, vice president, founder, Linux, Firefox, Web browser

Open-source overseer proposes paring license list

March 2, 2005 Open Source Initiative head suggests licenses should meet three new requirements to gain seal of approval. TAGS: OSI, open source, Bruce Perens, proliferation, license, Open Source Initiative, proposal, requirement, definition, programming, Apple Computer, Firefox, Web browser

Open-source group to corral licenses

April 7, 2005 OSI gets under way with an effort to pare down the number of open-source software licenses in widespread use. TAGS: OSI, license, proliferation, open source, program manager, open-source software, founder, Computer Associates International Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, Linux, Intel

Open-source board eyes fewer licenses

February 16, 2005 The Open Source Initiative is taking aim at the "proliferation problem" as the number of open-source licenses grows, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: OSI, open source, Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Initiative, license, Linux

Sun license gets open-source nod

January 19, 2005 The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSI, open-source project, open source, approval, GPL, Sun UltraSPARC, BSD, programming, IBM Corp., Linux, server, operating system

Sun promises to open-source Java

May 16, 2006 Sun execs say the question is no longer whether the Java programming language will be open-sourced, but how it should be done. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., JavaOne, open source, Java, OSI, executive vice president, programming language, Governor, IBM Corp., CEO

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, GNU, intellectual property, open-source software, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

This week in open source

February 18, 2005 HP's top Linux executive has a message for open-source programmers who don't like the idea of software patents: Get used to it. TAGS: software patent, Red Hat Inc., open-source programmer, OSI, open source, Fedora Project, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, patent, Novell Inc., HP, idea

Microsoft simplifies code-sharing plan

October 19, 2005 Company strips down its Shared Source Initiative to three licenses, one of which is modeled on the Mozilla Public License. TAGS: license, OSI, source code, open source, Microsoft Corp., developer, code, Mozilla Corp., Bluetooth

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