gpl in comment and analysis
Q&A: James Gosling, 'father of Java'
Comment Why is Sun's Java going the GPL open source route? But it's only recently, last November, that Sun announced it'll release Java under the GPL, a standard open source licence. So we switched to using the GPL licence. [19 Mar 2007]
Open source gets down to business
Comment Under the GNU general public licence (GPL), it is possible to charge for software but the developers cannot impose the same restrictions on the use of the source code as many proprietary vendors do. Open source vendors - usually Linux vendors in... [12 Jul 2005]
MySQL CEO: "We're as greedy as anyone else"
Comment Though MySQL's products are available for free under the GNU Public License (GPL), it's a real business. MySQL CEO Marten Mickos is unsurprised by the recent rise of commercially viable open-source companies such as his own. [22 Nov 2004]
CollabNet: Bringing open source to the rest of us
Comment Brian Behlendorf, founder and CTO, told silicon.com in a recent interview that from the beginning the company's mission "was not specifically about releasing software under the GPL.but about taking what works about open source to everybody". [15 Nov 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Ballmer on Linux, IBM's dinosaur and SQL's future
Comment Apart from concerns centred on the possible impact that any accidental inclusion of GPL code could have on the integrity of Microsoft's own intellectual property, he felt that it could be counterproductive to the development of its products. [19 May 2003]
Microsoft: A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf
Comment Messages that criticise OSS, Linux and the GPL are NOT effective," the email read. Microsoft has come over all repentant. The world's most aggressive company has rolled over and asked for its tummy to be tickled. [14 Nov 2002]
Caldera starts per seat charging
Comment As long as Torvalds' brainchild, the Linux kernel, is kept available for techies to work with and there are no breaches of any GPL (that's general public licence, for the non-open source aficionados) rules, it can only signify another milestone in... [28 Jun 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: Intel and Linux; Orange and WAP; and Team Tandem make a comeback
Comment In conformance with the GPL (Gnu Public Licence), it is available free of charge to the Linux development community on Intel's Web site, allowing developers to customize the driver to meet their individual company needs. [01 Nov 1999]
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