"...We heard from you, the community, that you wanted to be able to both contribute to and distribute our code under a truly open source license — “open source” as defined by the Free Software Foundation and Open Source Initiative. To that end, we have decided to add an additional license to the Aptana IDE: the GPL..."
Read more »An open source "Second Life" for Linden Lab
Linden Lab, the creator of online virtual community Second Life, released its viewer earlier this year with a GPL 2.0 license, adding a clause called the "FLOSS exception," which releases developers using certain open source licenses from the requirement that any derivative works be licensed under the GPL.
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GPLv3 is officially open source
The Open Source Initiative's chairman, Michael Tiemann, announced Friday that the organization's licensing board have officially approve the version three of the General Public License and Lesser General Public License as OSI-approved.
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GPL vs BSD: why are people fighting?
For the second time in six months, a flamefest has broken out between those who release software under the BSD (Berkely Software Distribution) licence and others who release software under the General Public Licence.
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GPL Violations On Windows Go Unnoticed?
Seems a slashdot reader has discovered a company using Free Software in their products without complying to the GPL. It seems they've even deliberately tried to hide those, wrapping them in dlls.
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GPLv3 Myth #4: GPLv3 undercuts the Microsoft/Novell deal
In part 4 of a 5 part series on the new version of the most commonly used free/open source license, today we take a look at one of the reasons it took so long to create–the Microsoft/Novell patent deal.
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Selling Free Software
"...Distributing free software is an opportunity to raise funds for development. Don’t waste it..."
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Sun proposes GPL/CDDL dual license for NetBeans
GNU Classpath hacker Mark Wielaard wrote about Sun's announcement to release an early access version of NetBeans 6.0 under a dual licensing scheme of CDDL and GPL v2 with Classpath exception.
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Skype and the GNU Affero GPL
"It's providential that yesterday's Skype failure [...] happens just as the Free Software Foundation is publishing its final draft of the GNU Affero GPL, and shortly after the release of the much-debated General Public License, Version 3. I think this massive failure in a service beloved and depended on by millions of people around the world will sharpen discussion of these two licenses...
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Guide to the second discussion draft of the GNU Affero GPL version 3 — GPLv3
"The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today released the second discussion draft of the GNU Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL). This new license is based on version 3 of the GNU GPL. It has a new requirement to ensure that users who interact with the software over a network can receive the source for that program..."
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Stallman's dream and GPLv3
"...The thing to realize about the GPL using and creating Free Software community, is that the word "community" is the most important part. It's like a club, where membership only depends on you accepting the spirit of the license used by all the members, the GPL. Note that I say the spirit, and not just the letter of the license..."
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HP's graphics library goes GPL
HP has burrowed deep into the data center for its package of LinuxWorld-related announcements. Software libraries, code testing and pay-per-use Linux? Sure, why not.
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Free as in Freedom by Sam Williams - Free eBook
Download Richard Stallman's crusade for Free Software. Available free, in a large variety of formats, from Manybooks.
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Time for Web 2.0 to be Unleashed with Open Source
"Web 2.0 companies are largely built upon Open Source software. But how many of them do you consider significant contributors to Open Source? [...]and with the focus on APIs, instead of contributing code back to the projects you leverage, or contributing your own projects, cooperation has been limited..."
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Skype responds to Euro GPL rebuke
In response to inquiries regarding a German court's ruling that Skype had breached the GPL, the company told LinuxDevices.com today that it "has not acted improperly." The alleged violation was associated with the method by which Skype "distributed" GPL-licensed source code with a Linux-powered VoIP handset.
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