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Open source guru criticises Oyster software
News Stallman is president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and wrote the most widely used open-source licence, GPL, now in version 3. Free-software advocate Richard Stallman has spoken out against the... [10 Jun 2008]
Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News Mark Taylor, the founder of the Open Source Consortium, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Friday it was "great that Java is at some point in the future going to be fully open source and GPL", but added that the... [28 Apr 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... [26 Jul 2007]
MySQL puts off automatic move to GPL 3
News Open source database company MySQL has decided to stick to the current General Public Licence (GPL) rather than move to an upcoming revision, pending broader industry acceptance. MySQL, one of the most successful... [05 Jan 2007]
Anti-DRM day to debut next month
News The issue has also caused vigorous debate in the run-up to the third version of the General Public License (GPL), the document - currently being revised by the FSF - which underpins much of the open source movement. [04 Sep 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... [06 Feb 2006]
Sun mulls GPL 3 licence for Solaris
News The server and software company is considering releasing Solaris under the forthcoming version 3 of the General Public Licence (GPL) in addition to the Community Development and Distribution Licence that... [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. I don't... [27 Jan 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 patent litigations... [18 Jan 2006]
Open source overhaul: GPLv3 on the way
News A major revamp of the General Public License (GPL) is scheduled for public release next week, a move that's expected to kick off a long and vocal debate over the key foundation of open source programming. [12 Jan 2006]
Patent bullies may face GPL 3 penalty clause
News The next version of the GPL (GNU General Public License) may contain a clause to penalise companies that use software patents against free software. GPL version 3, a draft of which will... [07 Sep 2005]
DaimlerChrysler demand SCO suit be thrown out
News On Friday, SCO responded to IBM's latest countersuit, which argues SCO violated the General Public Licence (GPL) that governs Linux and infringed three IBM patents. In addition, SCO argues that "the GPL... [30 Apr 2004]
MySQL lifts restrictive licensing terms
News In MySQL's case, the Swedish company uses the General Public License (GPL) to cover its database software and the supporting libraries that other programs use to interface with the database. An essential difference... [15 Mar 2004]
