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Well the Day of Love is safely behind us again for another year, and not a moment too soon! For some...
02/03/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1059 Words
F-Spot is an open source project overed under the terms of the GNU GPL licensing stipulations. As a testament to its usefulness and popularity, F-Spot is included with numerous Linux distributions. You can find a binary package for most here...
01/22/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 690 Words
They're OK with using software that is not freely licensed, or build pieces that are not released under copyleft-type licenses like the GPL . From the very beginning, Fedora Project has always published everything that we make, from the Web site to the...
12/07/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1464 Words
"Without the GPL and the gnu toolchain, Linux would probably be in a very different space right now, especially with respect to the corporate-sponsored code contributions to the kernel," she explained.
"The resulting photo op would just be a bonus :-),"...
10/29/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1359 Words
Nvidia "should rely on patents to keep their hardware IP protected and use copyright to protect their code," he asserted. "They can publish the code under the GPL . It is of little use to a competitor because the competitor cannot duplicate...
10/19/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1303 Words
The GPL and other free software licenses, meanwhile, "work to keep costs down," and "in the market, it is very hard to beat a free lunch," he noted.
In short, 2009 "is the last year anyone will have a hard time...
09/02/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 534 Words
Openbravo announced on Tuesday its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) product, called "QuickStart," an alternative to the company's generally more...
Debunking long-held myths is always a gratifying exercise, but never is that more true than when said myths have done our...
07/30/09 9:11 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 2029 Words
"One cannot really be considered a member of the FLOSS community while criticizing FLOSS in general as some do, but it may have nothing to do with M$," he explained. "For example, many in the *BSD fold have issues with the GPL ...
07/08/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 828 Words
The Community Promise spells out Microsoft's assurances that it will not file "necessary claims" against anyone using, selling, importing or distributing any covered implementation under distribution models including open source licenses such as the LGPL and the GPL .
Microsoft's Motives...
06/08/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1225 Words
'It Would Be Good to Standardize'
Nothing in FLOSS , GPL or GNU/Linux precludes standardization, blogger Robert Pogson asserted.
"Many FLOSS packages are created to fill a niche and are not intended to be on every desktop," he told...
04/15/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1335 Words
Is software truly open source if you pay for additional features? Your answer may depend on whether you side with the...
04/01/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1234 Words
Open source healthcare IT solutions are just beginning to become acceptable alternatives to proprietary software systems. As is happening in other...
03/25/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1396 Words
For now, companies like 37signals have found a sweet spot, but they don't offer anything that can't be currently or eventually accomplished with GPL software.
It's fantastic that small businesses are able to make money in exchange for granting access to...
On the other hand, the GPL and the LGPL licenses may require more consideration in adoptions because they have more restrictions. Many companies will shift to commercial licenses when they go into production, so those licenses may be less attractive to a...
02/12/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1162 Words
'I Can Make It Do Anything'
The GPL "isn't about trying to force anyone to do anything your way; it's about not letting people who don't want to play by your rules use your equipment," drinkypoo told LinuxInsider. "The BSD...
12/16/08 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 762 Words
Defining Open Source
First of all, we know that open source is an umbrella term that doesn't necessarily mean free software, but because Linux is the most common platform for open source software and the GPL is the most common...
12/15/08 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1998 Words
If they knew that much about Linux, they knew about GPL and open source . It doesn't pass the smell test."
'Comically Ignorant'
Similarly, "when I first read this exchange, I thought it was an Onion-style parody -- the aggressive...
12/01/08 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1574 Words
The GPL is, in fact, "very simple," Pogson told LinuxInsider. "Use, examine, modify, distribute the same way you got it. Wonderful. Compare that with Microsoft's EULA and myriad versions of licensing and tell me with a straight face that GNU/Linux is difficult."...
10/20/08 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1022 Words
But because of the GPL , BSD, MIT and other open source licenses, I can."
Now that, dear readers, is something to brag about! To learn more, visit the project's site...
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