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NewsTorvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad
February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. - News
Novell delivers security shield for Linux computers
January 10, 2006 Open-source AppArmor tool promises to help fend off intruders by putting restrictions on software that's running. - News
GPL defenders say: See you in court
October 1, 2007 The Software Freedom Law Center files suit--and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant. - News
Novell bans proprietary Linux modules
August 1, 2006 Linux seller evicts closed-source modules from open-source Linux, but provides customers a download option. - News
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. - News
Torvalds: 'Hot air' in debates on GPL, content control
January 16, 2007 Both DRM technology and GPL 3 will cause a lot of arguments, the man behind Linux says. But in the end, good technology will prevail. - News
Sun picks GPL license for Java code
November 13, 2006 After years of requests and debates, Sun is set to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. - News
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. - News
Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time
November 7, 2006 newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise. - News
Linux fans ready to burn rubber
May 24, 2007 The open-source operating system makes headway with Windows stalwart Dell and gets set for a high-speed plug this weekend. - News
GPL 3.0: A bonfire of the vanities?
March 9, 2006 Jonathan Zuck says GPL advocates are adopting a religious stance on software development, rather than a practical one. - News
Microsoft tries evading new GPL grasp
July 6, 2007 Redmond says it's not a party to the new license. And those Suse Linux coupons won't get you any support guarantees. - News
An open question on open source
June 13, 2007 Can Linus Torvalds and Sun's Jonathan Schwartz find common ground on Linux and OpenSolaris? - News
Trolltech to release mobile Linux suite
November 29, 2006 Company aims to make it easier for Linux to be incorporated into low-cost consumer handsets. - News
Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux
February 14, 2006 Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems. - News
Microsoft teams with Linux distributor Xandros
June 4, 2007 Technical and legal pact calls for product interoperability and legal protections for common customers. - News
Open source, from Apache to Zimbra
November 22, 2006 In the software business, you can't just sit around--there's always a new feature to add or the Joneses to keep up with. - News
HP balks at patent provision in GPL update
August 2, 2006 So far, Hewlett-Packard prefers the earlier GPL, raising the specter that two versions of the license will survive. - News
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. - News
Sun to open source code for office software
July 17, 2000 The company will open the source code of its Star Office software Wednesday, but a major new version of the product has been delayed.
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