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GPL 3 release set for Friday
June 28, 2007
Free Software Foundation is set to release next version of open-source license more than three months after initial deadline.
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Opening up an open-source roadblock
February 21, 2007
If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says.
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Bringing free software to the masses
April 13, 2006
Peter Brown of the Free Software Foundation hopes to "get the message of free software outside the hacker world."
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So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
April 30, 2007
James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems.
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Sticking points in the new GPL
July 3, 2007
How far is too far when it comes to the freedom of software? Plus: Palm slipping, Windows sliding.
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Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft
July 25, 2007
Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says.
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Eben Moglen's (slightly) lower profile
May 11, 2007
The law school professor says he'll continue his advocacy of open source, but wants to step out of the limelight.
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Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
April 9, 2007
Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics.
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Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
September 20, 2006
Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.
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New draft of GPL 3
July 27, 2006
The Free Software Foundation has released a new draft of the controversial version 3 of the General Public License.
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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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GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility
May 10, 2007
Final GPL 3 liable to be compatible with the Apache License, lowering barriers between open-source projects.
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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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FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims
September 27, 2006
Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features.
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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."
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Which way, open-sourcers?
September 12, 2006
Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities.
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GNU Emacs 22.3
Edit text in an extensible, customizable, self-documenting, real-time display editor.
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New GPL draft due Wednesday
March 26, 2007
A third draft of the dominant open-source license is due Wednesday, and the final is due 90 days afterward.
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Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
February 9, 2007
Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says.
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