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The Spy Act that loved me?

April 19, 2007 Policy analyst Bartlett Cleland warns that a patchwork of state spyware laws will end up having the opposite effect desired by proponents. TAGS: antispyware company, provision, spyware, regulation, law, anti-spyware, protection, decision, state, Internet Service Provider

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, GNU, license, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, foundation, provision, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, project, IBM Corp.

Mass. governor vetoes bill for online wine sales

November 22, 2005 Mitt Romney says certain provisions in the proposed law would prevent consumers from purchasing "the bottlings they want." TAGS: Mitt Romney, wine, winery, Governor, provision, Massachusetts, bill, law

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. TAGS: GPLv3, anti-DRM, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, GPL, provision, open-source community, code, Linux, open source, information technology, movie

New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM

July 27, 2006 Second draft of General Public License 3 "clarifies" digital rights management provisions, a point of contention. Draft version 3 of GPL in full TAGS: GPL, digital-rights management, draft, provision, GPLv3, foundation, Free Software Foundation, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux

Telecom megamergers get final federal OK

October 31, 2005 The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., approval, Verizon Communications, merger, MCI Inc., provision, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, provider, commission

High court rejects CDA

June 26, 1997 The Supreme Court finds the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional under the First Amendment. TAGS: Communications Decency Act, First Amendment, statute, speech, minor, provision, court, children, law

White House panel pushes new identity fraud laws

April 23, 2007 A wealth of state and federal laws already prohibit ID fraud and phishing. But a federal task force says more are needed. TAGS: identity fraud, Alberto Gonzales, identity theft, provision, law, agency, phishing, president

U.S. spending bill encourages telecommuting

December 2, 2004 Federal agencies that don't let workers telecommute could feel it in their budgets. TAGS: telecommuting, provision, survey, budget, worker, agency, U.S.

Microsoft tweaks licenses, not prices

August 28, 2003 The software giant reveals new licensing provisions for big customers--but stays put on pricing for the next version of its Office software. TAGS: Software Assurance, volume-license, Microsoft Office 2003, provision, OEM, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office XP, pricing, Microsoft Corp., PC

Patriot Act defender touts 'safeguards'

January 10, 2006 Key Bush administration ally says there are plenty of safeguards in a renewal plan. Opponents aren't convinced. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, provision, Republican, senator, Democrat, terrorism, politician, Wisconsin, law, Sen., conference, president

Microsoft easing customers' legal stress

July 22, 2003 The software giant expands the indemnity provisions in its licensing agreements to remove doubt over who picks up the tab if a customer gets sued because of Microsoft's products. TAGS: provision, liability, volume-license, procurement, SCO Group Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp., intellectual property

Lobby bill spares political bloggers

January 19, 2007 Senators strike a section that would have required some "grassroots" lobbying groups to register or face prison time. TAGS: grassroots, amendment, lobbyist, blogger, provision, senator, executive director, Sen., proposal, Republican, section, government

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

Lawmaker tones down anti-Gmail bill

May 26, 2004 The changes are seen as a win for Google, since the new bill omits a provision that would have been difficult or impossible for the search giant to meet. TAGS: Liz Figueroa, Gmail, bill, lawmaker, provision, Google Inc., IM, e-mail, law, California, message

Microsoft tries new tack in license deals

March 1, 2004 The software giant's decision to remove language from a licensing agreement could reflect a growing willingness to tweak the way it does business, analysts say. TAGS: willingness, computer company, regulator, licensing agreement, provision, language, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Former Gateway CEO, two others charged with fraud

November 14, 2003 The Securities and Exchange Commission files fraud charges against former chief executive Jeff Weitzen, former chief financial officer John Todd and former controller Robert Manza. TAGS: Gateway Inc., Gateway PC, fraud, provision, commission, earnings, expectation, CFO, Wall Street, sale, CEO, accounting, America Online Inc., PC

Tibco wants to squash test results

September 3, 2003 The software maker takes another competitor to court, this time to prevent publication of unflattering test results of a messaging product. TAGS: Sonic Software, TIBCO Software Inc., messaging, provision, publication, claim, motion, software company, Apple Computer

Torvalds 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. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, Linux, digital signature, Novell Inc., provision, module, leader, Red Hat Inc., e-mail, security

Public debate on GPL 3 draft begins

January 16, 2006 Free Software Foundation releases the first public discussion draft of the General Public License version 3. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, provision, discussion, open source, IBM Corp., organization
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