linus torvalds linux
Anti-DRM day to debut next month
News But Linux creator Linus Torvalds has said DRM can play an integral role in security, and claimed proposed revisions to the GPL go too far. An awareness day to highlight the fight against digital rights management (DRM) will be held on 3 October. [04 Sep 2006]
Torvalds agrees to Linux "breather"
News Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux and maintainer of the development kernel, has agreed with his second-in-command, Andrew Morton, that the Linux kernel is becoming more bug-ridden. Torvalds agreed with Morton's comments in an interview with news... [10 May 2006]
Intel and Red Hat team for 17 development centres
News Intel is working to make sure Linux programmers such as Linux leader Linus Torvalds are in the vanguard, though. Linus has a 'Merom' system now and just loves it," Hohndel said, referring to the next-generation dual-core processor for laptops Intel... [05 Apr 2006]
Sir Tim picks up latest gong
News A previous winner of the Lovelace Medal was Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux. Sir Tim Berners-Lee has picked up his latest award in a long line of gongs handed to the British inventor of the world wide web. [29 Mar 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems. [22 Mar 2006]
Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL
News Provisions against digital rights management (DRM) in a draft update to the General Public Licence (GPL) could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in emails reflecting the Linux leader's pragmatic philosophy. [06 Feb 2006]
Sun mulls GPL 3 licence for Solaris
News Linux kernel project leader Linus Torvalds has said Linux will stay under the current version 2 of the GPL. Torvalds oversees the Linux kernel, which is at the heart of the open source operating system generally called Linux. [31 Jan 2006]
I won't convert Linux to GPL 3, says Torvalds
News Linus Torvalds said on Wednesday that he won't convert Linux to version 3 of the General Public Licence (GPL), as he objects to digital rights management (DRM) provisions in the proposed update. Torvalds said in a posting to the Linux kernel... [27 Jan 2006]
Is open source coming to a mobile near you?
News The kernel is maintained by Linux leader Linus Torvalds and his allies, who have preferred to work on mainstream enhancements rather than on features geared specifically to "embedded" computing devices such as mobile phones, robot controllers and... [17 Oct 2005]
Photos: Highlights from the silicon.com CIO Forum
Photo Bruce Perens - open source guru, author of The Open Source Definition and friend of Linus Torvalds - chaired a lively break-out session on the future of open source in the enterprise with a group of CIOs. [28 Sep 2005]
Google's Schmidt named the top man in tech
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (14) and chairman Bill Gates (20) both claim spots but are for the first time passed by Linux creator Linus Torvalds (11). For moulding an internet upstart into a solid business that's becoming more and more wide-ranging... [27 Sep 2005]
The anti-establishment vote
AS Analysis Linus Torvalds, a perennial Agenda Setters favourite who's appeared on the list every year since the poll's inception, fell four spots from last year to number 11, revealing how the panel feels his influence has waned. [26 Sep 2005]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Though down four positions from last year, Linus Torvalds for the first time ranks above rival Bill Gates on the Agenda Setters list. Born in 1991 while Torvalds was at university, Linux is "one of the validating elements" of open source, according... [23 Sep 2005]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile His authority at times even outshines Linux creator Linus Torvalds, according to the panel, by virtue of the fact he "just never shuts up". Richard Stallman’s growing influence in the IT world and beyond is mirrored by his ascendance on the Agenda... [23 Sep 2005]
Linux trademark attempt fails
News An attempt by Australia's peak Linux body to register the name "Linux" on behalf of Linus Torvalds has failed. The regulator said: "It is not clear from the declaration in what way Mr Jeremy Malcolm is authorised and qualified to make this... [19 Sep 2005]
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