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- Novell and Microsoft v2.0
- Recently a reporter from Reuters stated that Novell could be banned from selling Linux. The reporter, Jim Finkle, writes a headline that says Novell could be banned from selling Linux. Finkle says that:The Free Software Foundation is reviewing Novell Inc.s right to sell new versions of Linux operating system software...
- Blog posts 2007-02-03
- Major retailer suffers data breach
- FSF's LSB...The Free Software Foundation's Linux Standards Base is not a BASE standard as they claim.they went far beyond a base standard when they started picking specific applications that are "required" for compliancy.[ who needs RPM if you have dpkg, or portage? both of which are far more capable than...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- Top Linux programmers pan GPLv3
- Will the opposition to GPLv3 harm open source?A number of high-ranking Linux kernel programmers have come out against the proposed version 3 update to the General Public License (GPLv3), which governs many open-source projects. The survey results indicate that the anti-GPLv3 opinions of Linux leader Linus Torvalds are not an...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- Which way, open-sourcers?
- FSF's fanaticism will be their downfallI agree with Torvalds on this: Stallman is producing a software license, he's writing a political manifesto. I despise many forms of DRM, but that doesn't mean it should be attacked with the license. DRM is one specific issue, the software license should concern itself...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- Sun: Open source is about self-interest
- Welcome to the partySo, Sun, you sit on your hands while Open Source is taking off all around you, finally grudgingly give a half-assed attempt at Open Source with the poorly-conceived CDDL, and now all of a sudden you're an expert on what the Open Source community should be doing...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
- The FSF attacks small hobby distros
- Here is the original Article:http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1728205&tid=150in short, the not yet ratified or released GNU-GPL V3 is making a significant change in how the hobbyist supplied distros will have to comply with the source code availablity clause... they will now have to maintain a repository of sources for each version they release...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-28
- Can Linux driver support get any worse?
- Can Linux driver support get any worse?article rootIs this FSF arrogance or should vendors open up?Is this FSF arrogance or should vendors open up?bothThe FSF is arrogant, and does alienate vendors with their attitude.Vendors should realise that if they opened the sources for thier drivers up, they would quickly get...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- Foundation wants more of the PC to be free
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- Technical articles 2005-03-01
- Critics: Microsoft server license snubs open source
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- Technical articles 2005-01-31
- Trojan compromises GNU software downloads
- In a disclosure that should send a lot of managers back to the drawing board for a careful reexamination of their code, the GNU Project has informed CERT that its primary FTP server, gnuftp.gnu.org (including its aliases, ftp.gnu.org and alpha.gnu.org), was compromised at the root level in mid-March. The attacker...
- Technical articles 2003-08-25
- Does the Free Software Foundation play a strong enough role in Linux development?
- Polling Place examines the results of TechProGuild's Quick Poll: The majority of TechProGuild members do not know what the Free Software Foundation is.
- Technical articles 2001-10-08
- ISMS Implementation Guide
- This paper can serve as a guideline for the implementation of ISMS practices using BS7799 / ISO 27001 standards. To give an insight and help those who are implementing this for the first time and for those who will be coordinating with external consultants for ISMS implementations in their organizations....
- White papers 2006-07-01
- DINT 0.82 (Windows)
- DINT - Light but powerful tool to browse internet in text mode. Designed for people with colour vision deficiency. Distributed under GNU General Public License as published by Free Software Foundation. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Software downloads 2007-12-14
- imgSeek 0.8.5rc1 (Windows)
- imgSeek is a viewer and photo collection manager with content-based search and many other features. The query is expressed either as a rough sketch painted by the user or as another image you supply or an image in your collection. The searching algorithm makes use of multiresolution wavelet decomposition of...
- Software downloads 2007-10-19
- Non-free "blobs" in the Linux kernel?
- Jack Wallen comments on the debate that's broken out about the use of proprietary "blobs" in the "free" Linux kernel. How much "free" deserves the seal of approval from the Free Software Foundation? Does the expectation of 100-percent free software make sense? by Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
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- The business case for free software
- Developers enjoy the freedom and collaborative opportunities that the GPL and similar licenses lend their work. But is free software practical for business? Often, yes. See how the GPL could give your company a competitive edge.By George HammerbeckA license that requires software to be freely distributed, modified, and copied seems...
- Technical articles 2002-03-12
- Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation
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- Technical articles 2004-12-23
- HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal
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- Technical articles 2005-02-16
- The General Public License: Caveat developer
- The GPL and other free and open source licenses can be an asset to your company, but they can also be a liability. Find out about some of the licensing gotchas before the lesson becomes expensive.By Ed HammerbeckWith Linux's growing popularity and IBM’s movement toward free software, the GNU General...
- Technical articles 2002-03-18
- Ximian unveils Exchange client for Linux and UNIX
- Ximian, long an open-source software company, will do business the proprietary way with a new software package that lets Linux computers connect to Microsoft Exchange Server. Judge the merits of Evolution, Ximian's new e-mail client.By Stephen ShanklandXimian has supported the open source GNOME desktop software project for Linux computers for...
- Technical articles 2002-01-16
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