Now that the Novell sideshow appears to be finished, subject to any appeals either side might bring (or even requests for reconsideration), I think it's time to turn our attention back to the main tent, and that would be SCO v. IBM, which will be ramping up in due time.
Read more »Turning our attention back to SCO v. IBM, a nugget about errno.h and the GPL
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Microsoft Divides Open Source and Free Software (GPL) Using OOXML
Another possible case of division using lawyers and vendor pressure
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Learn about the GNU Project (inside emacs)
"...The describe-project function, bound to C-h C-p, is a 7,500-word essay by Richard Stallman, Emacs' principal author, describing the purpose of the GNU Project (which he founded)... --
* http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/au-dw-au-emacs7-i.html?S_TACT=105A...
The GNU Project
by Richard Stallman
originally published in the book "Open Sources"
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Is Linux the disruptive technology, or is it GNU?
Linux itself does not represent any great departures from previous technologies, but has led a technological revolution that is predicated on free software licensing.
Read more »Linguistic Problems of GPL Advocacy
Reader Chemisor advances a theory in his journal that a linguistic misunderstanding is at the root of many disagreements over different licensing philosophies, in particular BSD vs. GPL. The argument is that GPL adherents desire the freedom of their code, while those on the BSD side want freedom for their projects.
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GPLv3, one year later
After 18 months of widespread consultation with community and corporate interests, the third versions of the GNU General Public License (GPL) and GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) were released one year ago on 29 June 2007. In November, they were joined by the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).
Read more »Linus Torvalds' opinions regarding the GPL
Linus Torvalds has an uncomfortable pause at 44:24 in this video. The uncomfortable pause occurs when he concludes a confused critique of the GNU General Public License.
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Linus Torvalds' opinions regarding the GPL
Linus Torvalds has an uncomfortable pause at 44:24 in this video.
The uncomfortable pause occurs when he concludes a confused critique of the GNU General Public License.
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Java is finally Free and Open
At JavaOne in May, 2006, Sun Microsystems announced they were going to release Java as free software under the terms of the GPL. The size of the task (6.5 million lines of code) was only eclipsed by the size of the opportunity for Java as a free and open technology.
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GPL Project Watch List for Week of 06/13
The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for June 7th through June 13th, 2008.
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GPL: why can't a lawyer understand it?
Nearly a year after the Free Software Foundation released an updated version of the General Public License - the GPLv3 - there appears to be a great deal of confusion about what the license actually means, if one goes by two recent publications.
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RMS attacks Oyster's 'unethical' use of GNU systems & Free Software
RMS: «The GNU system (often called "Linux") has been developed, since 1984, for the sake of computer users' freedom. Ironically it is now the basis for a system designed to smother the freedom of the people of London, through online payments to Oyster cards. [...]»
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GPLv3 Watchlist update
The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for May 31st through June 6th, 2008.
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Pentaho Releases Business Intelligence Platform Under GPL License
Pentaho Corp., the commercial open source alternative for business intelligence (BI), today announced that its current version 2 alpha release of the Pentaho BI Platform, as well as future versions, will be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2).
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Law.com article spins old confusions into new "danger"
Law.com recently ran a sensationalist piece by Edmund J. Walsh warning of the impending “dangerous real world business dispute” in store for any for-profit company that uses free software. Walsh points to lawsuits filed by SFLC on behalf BusyBox as a source of this danger, and having worked on those lawsuits, I hope I can provide a helpful counterpoint.
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