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Intel to stop using open-source license
March 31, 2005
The chipmaker says it will discontinue an open-source license used to govern some of its software.
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Official nod for Sun open-source license
January 5, 2005
The Open Source Initiative's license approval committee has given a vote of support to Sun Microsystems' license.
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Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3
June 29, 2007
The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.
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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.
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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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Open-source Alfresco shifts to GPL
February 23, 2007
Document management company hopes license change will mean more outside programmer involvement.
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Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPL 3
June 13, 2007
The Linux leader is still skeptical about GPL 3, but open-source Solaris could be a draw.
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Sun names likely license for open-source Java
October 26, 2006
The candidate is the Community Development and Distribution License, used to govern Solaris, CEO says.
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Gosling looks down Sun's open road
March 19, 2007
The man behind Java offers his take on open source, security and why IT is always "on the edge of collapse."
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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.
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Sun retires one open-source license
September 3, 2005
Company is putting its Sun Industry Standards Source License to bed and hints there may be more on the way out.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Door to Java source code opens a crack wider
March 16, 2005
"Project Peabody" adds two licenses that make it easier for outsiders to see the code. But Sun stops short of embracing open source.
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Real: Baby steps toward freedom
July 23, 2002
Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens writes that RealNetworks is off to a good start in opening up some source code, but it needs to go further if it wants to block Microsoft's advance.
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Microsoft aims to charm open-source world
June 29, 2006
Company highlights open-source strategy at London conference, but some attendees are leery of its motives.
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Sun open-source license could mean Solaris-Linux barrier
December 2, 2004
New license likely will be used to govern Solaris OS. But it may inhibit cross-pollination between Solaris and Linux.
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