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Is Microsoft bound by GPLv3?

Is Microsoft bound by GPLv3?The FSF has never before been interested in money damagesThe history of the FSF and other supporters/users of the GNU GPL has been compliance, not money damages. Seeking money damages would simply open a can of worms given you then have to figure out the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., GPLv3, GPL, GPL V3, compliance, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Sun demurs from adopting GPL v3 for OpenSolaris, keeps CDDL only

I wonder what that was all about. I mean the last dozen months of Sun Microsystems seemingly interested in and participating in the definitions of GPL v3, only to come out now that GPL v3 is defined to say they will stick to CDDL for OpenSolaris and for now GPL...

Tags: Windows, Sun Microsystems, Software Infrastructure, Red Hat, Patents, Open Source, Microsoft, Linux, Intellectual Property, IBM, GPL, Enterprise Java, Apache

Blog posts 2007-06-30

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3Not all the reviews from the free software community are positive ...http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2007062902626OPMSLLhttp://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/317Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3Stallman finds more ways to restrict your freedom. By using GPL v3 you give up all rights on your software. He was crazy to block Novell-Microsof deals....

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Torvalds, GPL V3, GPL, Microsoft Corp., GPL 3, GPL-3, Novell Inc., Free Software Foundation, software

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

GPL v3 due Friday -- don't trip over the lawyers at the Apple Store

GPL v3 due Friday -- don't trip over the lawyers at the Apple StoreUmmm..."So all those lawyers at Microsoft can kill two birds with one off-campus trip. They can buy their Apple iPhone they can afford one, connect to their iTunes on their Windows laptops, set it up on WiFi...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital video, Servers, Novell Inc., Dana, Apple Inc., GPL, GPL V3, Apple iPhone, Apple Store, server

Discussion threads 2007-06-29

Newest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear

Newest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clearNewest GPL draft leaves Novell in the clear[i]a draft that prohibits future deals similar to the Microsoft-Novell patent pact but lets that one go ahead.[/i]Wow, the FSF is really full of themselves if they have to say something like 'lets that one go...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL V3, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-01

GPV V3 and hardware modification

The Free Software Foundation has released its "last call" draft of GPL V3, along with a personal plea from Richard Stallman for folks to upgrade from V2. (This gadget-loving Tux was found at Computer Shopper.)Most discussion of the new release will focus on Novell, which won clearance for its Microsoft...

Tags: wireless, telecom, Strategy, Software Licensing, mobile, mass market, Legal, Hardware, GPL, Government, FOSS

Blog posts 2007-06-01

GPL getting tougher on patent deals

GPL getting tougher on patent dealsLooks good...After reading the proposed license I don't see what the big deal is. It's all about protecting freedom for all. The terms are acceptable in exchange for being able to use free software. Those who don't wish to obey the terms...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL V3, Nothing, trade-off, GPL, patent deal, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

MySQL shies away from GPLv3, free version

MySQL shies away from GPLv3, free versionwolf in sheep's clothingWhat walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, swims like a duck, guess what its a duck.MySQL and RedHat are wolves who think they can get by, by disguising as sheeps. However it doesnt take long before the wolf behavior...

Tags: Databases, driver issue, MySQL, open source, GPL, GPL V3, duck, GPLv3

Discussion threads 2007-01-03

New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM

New GPL draft takes second crack at DRMGuess Linus winsI still think the GPL is overrated, so easy to write your own license.New GPL draft takes second crack at DRMAnd slowly the GPL crumbles under its own weight bringing linux down with it. Joyous days are coming.Another failed attempt...Like...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, GPL Draft, GPL V3, New GPL draft, Stallman, GPL, digital-rights management, software, media

Discussion threads 2006-07-27

A utilitarian conception of the GPL

A utilitarian conception of the GPLStill attacking the messenger?John,Let's get this straight right from the get-go. Linux especially Linus doesn't have Stallman's religious take on things. GPL was chosen for Linux because it was the best possible license available at the time to ensure/promote continued community development.IBM certainly...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital rights management (DRM), GPL V3, Linux, GPL, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2006-02-15

TiVo in unenviable role as GPL3 vs. DRM guinea pig

TiVo in unenviable role as GPL3 vs. DRM guinea pigAnother DRM HairballJust to make your day a little worse, take a look at the latest announcements regarding Vista:http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/26/msft_tightens_the_tr.htmlMSFT tightens the Trusted Computing screws in Vista Vista, the new version of Windows, has tightened the Trusted Computing screws, putting hardware companies...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, GPL V3, GPL 3, TiVo Inc., digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-01-27

A lawyer visits the 'GNU Republic'

GPL V3 is here! Well, at least the first draft... If thus far you have not been following the plans of the Free Software Foundation FSF to release and revise a new version of the GNU General Public License over the course of 2006, you can read ZDNet's coverage of...

Tags: Free Software Foundation

Blog posts 2006-01-19

Additional Resources

Open Search Server 1.1.2r665 (Mac)

Open Search Server OSS is a search engine software developed under the GPL v3 open source licence. Built using the best open source technologies available, Open Search Server is a stable, high-performance piece of software. It is both a modern search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Full-text Search, Open Search Server, Document Format, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-21

Open source be not proud

microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...

Tags: Databases, open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Open Search Server 1.1r632 (Windows)

Open Search Server OSS is a search engine software developed under the GPL v3 open source licence. Built using the best open source technologies available, Open Search Server is a stable, high-performance piece of software. It is both a modern search engine and a suite of high-powered full text search...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Full-text Search, Open Search Server, Document Format, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-26

GnuCash 2.3.3 (Windows)

GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL. It uses a check-book like register GUI to enter and track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. GnuCash is designed to be simple and easy to use but still based on formal accounting principles. GnuCash 2.2.6, a.k.a....

Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Windows, GnuCash, Balance Sheets, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance

Software downloads 2009-07-23

Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform license

Read the fine print in Microsoft's new application platform licenseAs it should be...You need to pay to play with these fine products. If a company is so short-sighted that they let their APA run out, they deserve to be stripped of all products covered under said APA. Microsoft is slaving...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operational accounting, new application platform, Microsoft Corp., fine print, application platform, APA

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Is the GPL losing its grip?

The only non-GPL licenses to attract significant usage are the Artistic License and the standard BSD. But the GPV v3 should, at its present rate of growth, pass the latter in share within six months, the report says. Over half of all projects are still licensed under GPL v2. by...

Tags: GPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-01

At what stage of life is the open source industry?

At what stage of life is the open source industry?First, you must define "open source".My point is many think open source is the GPL and Linux, in my opinion that is not true and "open source" is what we passed around in the local computer clubs two or three decades...

Tags: open source, stage-of-life, open-source industry

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Europe gets its own GPL

Europe now has its own version of the GPL. It's got copyleft, but it lacks the extra language found in GPLv3 meant to enforce that concept. The European Union Public License is an effort by EU government services to codify a Euro-centric view of copyleft,...

Tags: GPL, OSI, License, European Union Public License, EUPL, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-03-20