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- GPL 3.0: A bonfire of the vanities?
- Great Article!Well thought out and presented. The only weakness I notice is it lacks examples or proof that GPL 3 is as the author claims it to be. I realize space may have been a limiting factor, but this forces the reader to either accept the author's assertions as fact...
- Tags: GPL, vanity, gpl 3, mckinnej, programming, Richard Stalman
- Discussion threads 2006-03-09
- Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux
- Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linuxarticle root[Edited by: admin on Jan 31, 2006 2:06 PM]Why not write GPL 2.5?If Linus objects to GPL 3 with good reason and there are shortcomings in GPL 2 which there are why not take the best improvements from GPL 3, leave the DRM stuff...
- Tags: GPL, GPL 3, gpl improvements, ISGeek77, Linux, modified work, Program, programming, This License
- Discussion threads 2006-01-31
- Linus turns up his nose at GPL 3 because of DRM
- I'll say this about Linus Torvalds ... at least the guy has got some integrity. Even when I don't agree with positions, it's refreshing to see someone with so much technical and business influence who isn't afraid to go against the grain, swim upstream, and occasionaly pee into the wind....
- Tags: GPL, Digital-rights Management, GPL 3, Linus Torvalds, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Digital Media, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2006-01-27
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- Monsoon GPL infringement lawsuit draws to a close
- Just how often do you reckon GPL infringements occur?
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, paulmah@..., GPL
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Sun criticizes popular open-source license
- imprecise, inaccurate phrasingThere's nothing about the GPL that precludes building proprietary projects on it. What it precludes is building [b]closed-source[/b] projects on it. Linspire is a proprietary offering built on the GPLed Linux kernel and many other examples of GPL-distributed software. In fact, under current law, there's...
- Tags: apotheon, GPL, hardware, open source, software, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-04-06
- So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
- Consider the sourceWhen reading this article, please realize that there's an agenda here that is inimical to the GPL and FSF from the get-go-- the "DRM issue" raised here is nothing more than a red herring...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, M_P_Rudas@..., GPL
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Monsoon GPL infringement lawsuit draws to a close
- The landmark lawsuit brought against Monsoon Multimedia by the Software Freedom Law Center SFLC on behalf of the two principal developers of BusyBox has come to a close. The case is significant in that it marks the first time in the United States that a...
- Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, BusyBox, Open Source, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- 10 GNU/GPL programs you can't live without
- In this download, we introduce you to 10 GNU/GPL programs you can't do without if your operating system of choice is UNIX-based. The GNU Project (the name's an acronym which stands for "GNU's Not Unix") creates sophisticated, user-friendly software that users may freely use, modify, redistribute, even...
- Tags: GNU, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Download resources 2005-07-13
- Newest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear
- mixed bagThe new draft of the GPLv3 is a mixed bag. While I applaud the patent-related changes to the GPLv3 draft, and support the goals intended by them, the fact remains that other proposed changes to the GPL with version 3 only increase the problematic nature of the GPL...
- Tags: apotheon, Novell Inc., GPLv3, GPL, GPL Draft
- Discussion threads 2007-06-04
- New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns
- Examining the third draft of GPL 3The third draft of General Public License version 3 (GPL 3) eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell, and shows that the Free Software Foundation is listening. According to the article, "It's inevitable that not everybody will be happy with the new GPL, but...
- Tags: Sonja Thompson, GPL, GPL Draft
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
- Open-source antivirus tech may get commercial help
- Nice!See, this is how open source is supposed to work.. By implementation... That's how open source also makes money and gains significant improvements.. Nice to see Clam get picked up.. I'm sure they appreciate it..it's not the only one....I know that some of the developers for Postgresql are being paid...
- Tags: antivirus, nzamparello@..., open source, postgreSQL, security
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- ASUS resolves Eee PC GPL violation
- ASUS has made additional source code archives for the Eee PC available for download as obliged under the GPL license. Code for the asus_acpi module, BusyBox, and several other components can now be found here. We reported earlier this week on blogger Cliff Biffle's discovery...
- Tags: ASUS, Source Code, PC, Open Source, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Gemini (zip)
- Gemini is a very simple-to-use non-intrusive Java framework that seamlessly enables bidirectional relationships between plain old Java objects POJO. It helps developers to write simpler code to implement rich domain models by eliminating the need to manually check referential integrity and take care of updating the opposite property of a...
- Tags: GPL, E-nspire, Gemini, Open Source
- Software downloads 2005-10-12
- The "tivoization-less" GPL
- "Without a whimper" isn't entirely trueWhile it's true that there was not a flood of projects jumping over to GPL3 upon it's first week in the wild, Palamida tracked that 119 had moved over as of Friday, and had done so as a show of support for the license and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Melisa@..., GPL, database
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- Busybox wraps up second lawsuit against Xterasys
- Programmers behind Busybox have settled a second lawsuit, this time against Xterasys, for violating a GPL license. According CNET News.com: "As a result of the settlement, Xterasys has agreed to cease all binary distribution of BusyBox until SFLC confirms it has published complete corresponding source...
- Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, Source Code, Compliance, Programmer, Busybox, Xterasys, Open Source, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- The "tivoization-less" GPL
- So version 3 of the GPL is out! Sadly the announcement came without out so much as a whimper from the world. That's too bad because there is one thing about the new GPL that any champion of open source software will cheer about: no more tivoization of open source...
- Tags: Open Source, Linux, Gpl, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- Watching the watchers of the GPL
- Ah, the GPL. The GNU Public License. It's probably one of the most controversial topics in all of the IT world. What is it and how is it enforced? Who backs it and who defends it? And who watches the watchers? Now there's the real rub. We all know...
- Tags: GPL, Groklaw, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-04-26
- GetPicturesList (exe)
- If you like & collect pictures, you know about those new }one-click } hosting solutions that allow you to host pictures for free. Most of the times, those hostings do not give a direct link to the picture, but to an HTML page where the picture will be shown (along...
- Tags: GPL, Picture, Open Source
- Software downloads 2006-03-13
- Building Ethernet Drivers on RTLinux-GPL
- This paper describes how to port Linux Ethernet drivers to RTLinux-GPL hereafter RTLinux. It presents an architecture that will let Linux and RTLinux to share the same driver while accessing an Ethernet card. This architecture will let real-time applications to access the network as a character device (i.e. using the...
- Tags: Ethernet Card, Driver, Ethernet, Linux, Network Technology, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Yanoff Minus (zip)
- New Yanoff is SonLight Software's closed-source fork of the original Usenet NNTP newsreader client for Palm OS PDAs, GPL Yanoff. With New Yanoff, the premier portable newsreader you can read your favorite internet newsgroups ANY TIME, ANYWHERE. New Yanoff is the most customizable, mature, and fully-featured Palm OS newsreader available...
- Tags: GPL, Palm Inc., New Yanoff, Palm OS, Internet, E-mail, PDAs, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Online Communications, Hardware
- Software downloads 2005-10-20
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