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04/07/11 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1068 Words
"There is ONLY one reason, and one reason alone, for a company to go out of their way to keep GPL V2 with so many going GPL V3, and that is because part of their business plan involves the users losing freedoms...
02/24/11 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1061 Words
'No Surprise Whatsoever'
Of course, GPLv3 "differs from GPLv2 primarily in its relationship to patents," Hyperlogos blogger Martin Espinoza pointed out. "Microsoft has formerly demonstrated its commitment to software patents as relates to the GPL version 3, so this comes...
03/04/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 955 Words
'I Don't See the Excitement'
"I really don't see the excitement," Slashdot blogger hairyfeet told LinuxInsider. "The other side basically came up with the most foolish arguments that even a first-year law student could have ripped to shreds, trying to claim that GPL ...
05/29/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1549 Words
The bigger question is, if I take my GPL license and add it to my proprietary program, am I required to turn over the entire thing to the open source community? That question has yet to be answered by any court in the...
03/09/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1261 Words
In short, Allison concluded, "this is intended to force TomTom to violate the GPL , or change to Microsoft embedded software."
'Blatant Violations of the GPL'
Moody posted an update to further digest Allison's comments, later adding a link...
05/03/04 9:55 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 800 Words
Rather, Darl McBride, the company's CEO and president, claimed the GPL violated the U.S. Constitution by undermining intellectual-property rights.
Profit Equals Progress
"Developers who believe 'software should be free' cannot prevail against the U.S. Congress and voices...
This argument forms the basis of IBM's "sixth counterclaim" in its August 6, 2003, filing as well as its more recent argument that SCO's Caldera distribution violated IBM's copyright on some GPL code.
Although a definitive answer will have to await...
As SCO rolls out its licensing plan with a new business division, IBM reportedly is echoing legal arguments questioning the need for a Linux license when the open-source software is covered by the GPL .
Columbia University law professor and general...
Version 2 of the GPL license is thought by some to provide an implied patent license, but lawyers always feel better with an explicit license, he told LinuxInsider.
What OIN provides is something that bridges that gap. It also provides explicit...
"I am a big fan of the GPL, and I recall that Linus Torvalds has said that licensing Linux under the GPL was one of the smartest things he ever did," O'Brien added. "The GPL is one of the few licenses...
07/02/13 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1671 Words
Honestly, the very first version of Cascading was under the GPL license and not the Apache license. The GPL license allowed me to figure out what the commercial opportunities were without actually giving away the farm.
I wasn't sure if I was...
09/09/11 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 755 Words
Critics have rightly pointed out that by this definition, the GPL does not meet these standards. This doesn't make it a bad license -- sharing source code benefits everyone involved. However, heavy-handed attempts to impose further restrictions on end-users beyond the license,...
09/08/11 9:01 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 673 Words
FSF's Star Turn in the Android FUDathon, Part 2 Where did this "you are permanently barred from distributing" stuff originate? In digging around, I found a post titled "A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance" at the Software Freedom Law Center dated August 26,...
03/24/11 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1220 Words
'Not Copyrightable Anyway'
It would have been simpler if Google had made everything GPL , Pogson conceded, "but it imported a bunch of BSD stuff and Apache stuff, so life is complicated."
Meanwhile, "the Linux folks want Linux to...
Apple, Google and License Breaches
Apple has previously pulled several apps from the store that were determined to be under the GPL , and Google has received takedown requests for Android apps that violated the GPL, OpenLogic said.
"In...
"Just because something is FOSS does NOT give you the rights to the copyrights or trademarks!" he said. "Look up the GPL -- it says you have the right to the source code, that's it. GPL v3 has some language about trademarks...
07/23/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1061 Words
Their license is the GPL , so we do attempt to contact companies around the world that manufacture devices using BusyBox to honor the GPL. Sometimes companies are unresponsive to our inquiries. They don't answer our letters or phone calls. And only under...
04/13/10 5:00 AM PT | TechNewsWorld | 1327 Words
Verizon was sued by the Software Freedom Law Center in 2007 on behalf of Busybox , a GPL-licensed package , on the grounds that one of Verizon's suppliers used a GPL-licensed app in Verizon's FIOS wireless routers without fulfilling the redistribution obligations of GPL ...
03/22/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1122 Words
GNU/Linux debate -- "sorry, RMS, 'Linux' already won," Travers opined--other key distinguishing issues include: "Is nVidia in violation of the GPL due to the fact that they release closed-source drivers? Linus says no, RMS says yes," Travers pointed out. "The relative merits of...
11/17/09 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 871 Words
"If Microsoft and Windows 7 can't avoid the GPL , who can?" he asked.
In fact, it has become rare to find a piece of software that's licensed under just one license, Lyman noted. As a result, problems like this "happen...
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