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Microsoft delays open sourcing Windows 7 tool...free software license. The problem wasn't just that Microsoft used open source code in the tool, but that it also released the tool under a closed source license, so Redmond decided to rerelease the tool under the GPL. Two weeks ago,... In this article: Microsoft, GNU General Public License, USB Flash Drive, DVD, and Linux kernel |
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www.washingtonpost.com | July 26, 2007
Skype found guilty of GPL violations
...in the future. The decision found that Skype had violated the GPL by the way it distributed a voice over IP (VoIP) handset, the SMCWSKP100, which incorporates the GPL-covered Linux kernel in its firmware. The phone is manufactured...
In this article: Skype, Harald Welte, Fortinet, Munich, Germany, Injunction, Gpl-violations.org, Linux kernel, Luxembourg, and Spain
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Wikipedia | November 04, 2009
ZFS
...developer created one. Porting ZFS to Linux is complicated by the fact that the GNU General Public License, which governs the Linux kernel, is incompatible with the Sun CDDL under which ZFS is distributed. A single derived work of both...
In this article: ZFS, Apple Inc, OpenSolaris, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS Forge, FreeBSD, NexentaStor, Common Development and Distribution License, and GNU
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Wired Top Stories | August 24, 2009
Aug. 25, 1991: Kid From Helsinki Foments Linux Revolution
...with its own license. But since several pieces of GNU software were required to run the Linux kernel, Torvalds eventually relented and published Linux version 0.99 under the GNU Public License in December 1992. The change made Linux fully...
In this article: Linus Torvalds, Unix, Linux Foundation, Linux kernel, Linux, GNU, University of Helsinki, Intel, Richard Stallman, and Helsinki
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ziffdavis | November 05, 2009
eWEEK at 25: Open Source Has Proven a Remarkably Fertile Platform
By the time that I started at PC Week Labs (very soon to be eWEEK Labs), in 1999, IBM's PC, AT&T's Unix, and Stallman's GNU toolchain and GPL license had--with the keystone addition of Linus Torvalds' Linux kernel-- emerged as a serious...
In this article: Linux, Unix, AT&T, Richard Stallman, Cloud computing, GNU, MIT, and All rights reserved
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CNET News.com | July 24, 2009
Week in review: Microsoft and the Linux code surprise
...under the GPL (General Public License) that governs Linux. Although Microsoft has released open-source code in the past, the company has generally favored licenses other than the GPL. That said, the GPL is the way into the Linux kernel and...
In this article: Microsoft, Linux, Revenue, GPL, Greg Kroah-Hartman, CNET, Novell, and Linux kernel
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PC World: Latest Technology News | July 23, 2009
Engineer: Microsoft Violated GPL Before Linux Code Release
...to run on Windows Server 2008 and its Hyper-V hypervisor technology. Microsoft will provide ongoing maintenance of the code under the GPL, the company said Monday. Many see open-source software as the biggest threat to Microsoft's...
In this article: Microsoft, GPL, Linux, Vyatta, Hyper-V, Linux kernel, Novell, and Windows Server 2008
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VMware joins Linux Foundation--while reportedly violating the GPL The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET News
...the embedded Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 service console, is viewed. However, ESXi does allow use of Linux device drivers and thus emulates a Linux kernel for GPL'd code. I would find it interesting to see the analysis of the ESXi product...
In this article: Vmware, Linux Foundation, GPL, Vmware ESX Server, Derivative, Allegation, Linux kernel, Citrix, and CNET
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Novell
...was mostly critical, with expressions of concern that Novell had "sold out" and of doubt that the GPL would allow distribution of code, including the Linux kernel, under this exclusive agreement. In a letter to the FOSS development...
In this article: Novell, Novell NetWare, Microsoft, GPL, Revenue, WordPerfect, and Raymond Noorda
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the INQUIRER | July 29, 2009
Free software lawyers say Microsoft violated the GPL
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 11:00 MICROSOFT DID VIOLATE the GNU General Public License (GPLv2) through the way it distributed its Hyper-V device drivers for Linux, the Software Freedom Law Center has claimed. According to SD Times, the Vole...
In this article: Microsoft, Linux, Linux kernel, Hyper-V, Free software, Nvidia, GPL Violation, and Vyatta
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The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft. Under this philosophy, the GPL is said to grant the recipients of a computer program the rights of the free software definition and uses copyleft to ensure the freedoms are preserved, even when the work is changed or added to. This is in distinction to permissive free software licences, of which the BSD licences are the standard examples.
The GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) is a modified, more permissive, version of the GPL, originally intended for some software libraries. There is also a GNU Free Documentation License, which was originally intended for use with documentation for GNU software, but has also been adopted for other uses, such as the Wikipedia project.
The Affero General Public License (GNU AGPL) is a similar licence with a focus on networking server software. The GNU AGPL is similar to the GNU General Public License, except that it additionally covers the use of the software over a computer network, requiring that the complete source code be made available to any network user of the AGPLed work, for example a web application. The Free Software Foundation recommends that this licence is considered for any software that will commonly be run over the network.
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