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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

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 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 Initiative, Open Source Development Labs, 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, GPL, approval, Sun UltraSPARC, BSD, IBM Corp., Linux, programming, server, operating system

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, Fedora Project, open source, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, patent, Novell Inc., HP, idea

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

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

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., code, developer, Mozilla Corp., Bluetooth
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