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Jeremy Allison
AS Profile An outspoken and senior ambassador of the free software movement, Allison quit Novell in 2006 following its open source patent pact with Microsoft - because, he said, the deal went against the GPL spirit... [07 Oct 2008]
Microsoft strikes back at open source critics
News The [Open Specification Promise] FAQ just states what everyone knows and acknowledges, the GPL is a copyright licence that is drafted in a way that leaves many issues (not just those related to patent... [18 Mar 2008]
Lawyer: Microsoft can evade GPL 3
News Microsoft should be able to extricate itself from the implications of the new GPL 3, according to a leading Australian intellectual property lawyer. The question is, do Microsoft's actions regarding the [support... [26 Jul 2007]
Second Life software goes open source
News Linden Lab released the viewer software under the General Public Licence (GPL), the licence that governs the Linux kernel, Samba file server software, the MySQL database and thousands of other projects. [09 Jan 2007]
Microsoft to pay Novell $308m for Suse deal
News Novell said its agreement with Microsoft doesn't violate the General Public Licence (GPL) - the licence that governs the Linux kernel. The five-year Microsoft-Novell partnership, unveiled last week, involves a mix of... [08 Nov 2006]
GPLv3 gets public airing
News Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), proposed changes to the General Public Licence (GPL) at a public forum on Tuesday but made clear that provisions to protect users from... [18 Jan 2006]
Open source overhaul: GPLv3 on the way
News To the extent that the movement has identified technological or legal measures likely to be harmful to freedom, such as "trusted computing" or a broadening of the scope of patent law, the GPL needs to... [12 Jan 2006]
Patent bullies may face GPL 3 penalty clause
News GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January 2006, may contain a patent retaliation clause, Georg Greve, the president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Europe, said on Tuesday. It is... [07 Sep 2005]
IBM: 'We will not sue' Linux
News However, patent licenses requiring royalty payments are prohibited for software governed by one major open-source licence, the General Public Licence (GPL). Drawing applause at the LinuxWorld Conference... [05 Aug 2004]
IBM wins victory of sorts in SCO battle
News IBM in August countersued with four patent violation claims and a defence that charges SCO with violating the terms of the General Public Licence (GPL) that governs Linux. IBM argues that SCO's... [08 Dec 2003]
Linus gets lawyers for defence in SCO lawsuit
News The suit has expanded significantly: SCO now seeks at least $3bn in damages and has launched a frontal assault on the General Public License (GPL) that governs Linux. Also requested to provide legal information were John... [14 Nov 2003]
Leaked Microsoft memo: Careful with those Linux comments
News Messaging that discusses possible Linux patent violations, pings the OSS (open source software) development process for lacking accountability, attempts to call out the 'viral' aspect of the GPL (General... [07 Nov 2002]
