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February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, digital signature, provision, Novell Inc., Linux, module, leader, Red Hat Inc., e-mail, security

July 28, 2006 Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, draft, digital-rights management, license, Linux, foundation, leader, open-source software, HP, IBM Corp., open source

March 29, 2007 Third draft of GPL version 3 eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell, and shows the Free Software Foundation is listening. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Linus Torvalds, draft, Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation, license, Linux, intellectual property, leader, Microsoft Corp., open source, HP

January 26, 2006 Linus Torvalds rejects the planned update to the seminal open-source license, citing its DRM provisions. TAGS: GPL 3, Linus Torvalds, GPL, digital-rights management, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, Linux, Linux kernel, license, software development, founder, IBM Corp., open source

May 20, 2004 The Free Software Foundation has vowed to fight portions of a request to release information that could help the SCO Group in its legal battle against Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Free Software Foundation, Unix, Linux, Linus Torvalds, IBM Corp., lawsuit, Red Hat Inc., agreement, request, open source, Novell Inc.

September 20, 2006 Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL. TAGS: GPL, GPL 2, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, Open Source Development Labs, GPLv3, Linus Torvalds, Red Hat Inc., Chicago, Linux, founder, leader, open source, HP

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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, provision, community, Richard Stallman, open source, Linux

March 26, 2007 A third draft of the dominant open-source license is due Wednesday, and the final is due 90 days afterward. TAGS: GPL, GPL 2, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, draft, Linus Torvalds, license, discussion, mailing list, open source, founder, project, Novell Inc., Linux, Java, Microsoft Corp.

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." TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, draft, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, freedom, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, patent, Linux, open-source software, open source, Microsoft Corp., agreement

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Samba, Open Source Development Labs, Free Software Foundation, Open Source Risk Management, open source, lawyer, Linus Torvalds, Linux, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., law, consortium, center, IBM Corp., intellectual property, Unix

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