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Free-software guru meets Indian president
January 30, 2004
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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