I was disturbed today to read that Oracle will seek to relicense all OpenOffice code under the Apache-2.0 license and move OpenOffice into the Apache Software Foundation.
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Software Licensing - Don't Complain If You Don't Like The License
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Article about software licensing, and the right of the programmer and user to choose.
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GPLv3 adoption surpassed 50% of projection
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Nine months following the heralded official release of the GPLv3 licenses, and with the more recent addition of the Affero GPLv3, adoption has surpassed 50% of my projections.
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Will GNU AGPLv3 boost Open Source SaaS support?
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Can Software as a Service get some Open Source lovin' now that the Free Software Foundation gets its licensing act together?
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GPL Infringement Lawsuits Target Two More Companies
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The Software Freedom Law Center has filed two more GPL infringement lawsuits on behalf of an open-source software project. The second-ever GPL lawsuit alleges that Xterasys and High-Gan Antennas failed to honor "source-code transparency," in violation of Busybox's GPLv2 license.
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