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- 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
- Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
- Is GPLv3 good for open-source Java and Solaris?Sun Microsystems is starting to like the idea of using the upcoming General Public License GPL version 3 as the governing license in building open-source projects out of Java and Solaris. CEO Jonathan Schwartz says patent protections are just part of why GPLv3...
- Tags: gpl, GPLv3, java, Newsletter Editor, open source, programming, solaris, sun microsystems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
- 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...
- Tags: Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, linux, news, open source, programming, Sonja Thompson
- 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...
- Tags: Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, Stallman, torvalds, gpl, drm, fsf, frylock, programming, GPLv3, software
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- DRM key to Linux's consumer success?
- the real problemWhat DRM pushers are really afraid of:They fear that by failing to support proprietary DRM software, Linux systems will simply be able to "ignore" DRM software and access media anyway, circumventing the DRM measures entirely by working around them rather than complying with them or specifically cracking security...
- Tags: Linux, digital-rights management, open source, desktop, copyright, drm, media files, apotheon, hardware, GPLv3, software, Maya
- Discussion threads 2006-04-07
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- LogzMon (zip)
- LogzMon is a tool to view and monitor log files over the internet or within an intranet. You no longer need to transfer log files through FTP, or RCPY. Although LogzMon is not a replacement for professional monitoring software, it is well suited to monitor small or medium size web...
- Tags: Software, Web Server, Monitor, Monitoring, LogzMon, Web Servers, Monitors & Displays, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Hardware, Components, Management
- Software downloads 2007-09-13
- 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
- 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
- Microsoft: Royalties or royal pain?
- In the most recent battle between open-source and proprietary software, Microsoft goes for the jugular by claiming that free and open-source software violates 235 of its patents. See the article from CNET Networks' News.com: "Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents." Here's an excerpt from the article: "In...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Open Source, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- DRM and unintended consequences
- Back in November 2007, I hinted at the inherent problems of DRM software in the article Radiohead knows more than Microsoft about security. I didn't really address DRM itself in any detail, however. I'll address it now. Technical problems As you might have gathered from the...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Customer, Decryption, Content, AACS, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
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