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GPL 3 may tackle Web loophole

September 27, 2005 Web companies may be forced to publish source code of any GPL-licensed software they're using for commercial services. TAGS: GPL 3, Richard Stallman, GPL, clause, Free Software Foundation, Web company, command, source code, translation, digital-rights management

Stallman: OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'

September 19, 2006 Project to fight low-quality patents could make legal terrain tougher for open source, FSF founder says. TAGS: Richard Stallman, Open Source Development Labs, patent, software patent, tagging, art, Free Software Foundation, open source, solution, project, founder, developer

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. TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, freedom, software development, Linux, Red Hat Inc., open source

Stallman unbending on software patents

January 17, 2006 Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder." TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, Free Software Foundation, software patent, Bruce Perens, forum, open source, open-source software, IBM Corp., founder, Linux

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." TAGS: Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, magazine, mass, executive director, background

Battle brews over unlocking PC secrets

April 5, 2005 The BIOS is one of the most closely guarded pieces of your system's software. Now some people want to set it free. TAGS: BIOS, BIOS company, Richard Stallman, critic, Free Software Foundation, secret, Intel, chip company, operating system, security, PC

Open-source Java--except for the exceptions

May 9, 2007 Sun releases Java's source code under the GPL--except for some third-party chunks and the compatibility test kit.Video: Gosling on Sun's JavaFX TAGS: Java, Richard Stallman, Sun Microsystems Inc., JDK, JavaOne, Free Software Foundation, open source, GPL, exception, source code, open-source software, conference, server, video

Linux license overhaul--don't hold your breath

February 14, 2005 General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle. TAGS: GPL, Richard Stallman, license, GNU, Free Software Foundation, LinuxWorld, open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., open-source software, operating system

Foundation wants more of the PC to be free

February 28, 2005 The Free Software Foundation is mounting a wider effort to encourage the creation of free BIOS software for PCs. TAGS: BIOS, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, foundation, AMD, power management, motherboard, Linux, open-source software, development, Intel, PC, laptop computer, operating system

GPL 3 release could slip past March

February 12, 2007 New draft of revamped open-source General Public License is due soon, but final release schedule is open, FSF executive director says. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, draft, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, executive director, Novell Inc., open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Eben Moglen predicts broad embrace of GPL 3

May 23, 2007 Open-source legal expert is bullish about the prospects for the upcoming new version of the General Public License. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, open-source software, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, open source, professor, Microsoft Corp.

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, Free Software Foundation, license, Linux kernel, provision, foundation, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, project, IBM Corp.

Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux

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, IBM Corp., founder, open source

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

New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood

January 18, 2006 Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen says the updated GPL may put open-source products in conflict with movie studios and Tivo. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, GPL, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, Richard Stallman, TiVo Inc., provision, open source, Hollywood, movie, Linux, IBM Corp., entertainment, operating system

Overhaul of GPL set for public release

January 11, 2006 The Free Software Foundation will launch its first public draft of version 3 of the General Public License, beginning a likely long and vocal debate. TAGS: GPL, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, draft, remote server, open source, license, IBM Corp., document, server

Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation

December 23, 2004 The license that forms the legal underpinnings of Linux--and a software industry revolution--is being updated for the first time since 1991. TAGS: GPL, Trusted Computing, license, Richard Stallman, source code, foundation, open source, Bill Gates, Web service, open-source software, attorney, IBM Corp., programming, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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, community, Richard Stallman, open source, Linux

Defender of the GPL

January 19, 2006 Free Software Foundation's attorney explains how Hollywood and TiVo use GPL now--and how they might use the next version. TAGS: GPL, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, transformation, license, evolution, Hollywood, TiVo Inc., IBM Corp., environment, Linux
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