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01/02/08 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 678 Words
For example, the GNU GPL mandates that those who use software covered by its license make available the source code. Several companies are discovering the consequences of not complying with this provision of the law since the Software Freedom Law Center went...
12/26/06 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 510 Words
"I believe that even if it does not violate the letter of the license, it violates the intent of the GPL license the Samba code is released under, which is to treat all recipients of the code equally," Allison wrote in...
While development of the next GPL -- the original and most popular open source license -- was previously bogged down by disagreement over its digital rights management (DRM) provisions, the Microsoft-Novell deal puts more focus on its patent provisions, which would not...
07/07/06 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 700 Words
The firm's dual licensing approach allows users of its software to develop with it under the GPL open source license, or a paid commercial license with Trolltech. At the conclusion of its IPO, the 170-employee company claimed the purchase of more than 7.5...
04/26/05 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1335 Words
Even some attorneys reading the GPL , MPL and the CDDL might find that they are obscure and complicated enough that even they cannot "be assured of knowing his or her rights." And, while I might get heat for this, sometimes it...
This additional licensing allows developers to build on RealNetworks' media player framework under the terms and conditions of the GPL "free software" license.
In addition to the GPL, developers have two other licensing options. The RealNetworks Public Source License is an...
06/15/04 6:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1219 Words
Another is that Linux is licensed under a "modified GPL license." Because the text of the GPL is arguably ambiguous, the interpretation of the terms by different licensors creates legally different licenses from the same words. Under the modified GPL license, it...
05/11/04 6:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1003 Words
If the programmer licenses software under the GPL , the licensee has a downstream constraint that prevents the licensee from limiting downstream copying. A company that does not want to be limited in what it does with its products needs a policy...
Moglen, who told LinuxInsider that the proposed license from SCO would be incompatible with the existing GPL used by Linux developers and distributors, also argues in the paper that regardless of who prevails in the SCO dispute, Linux users still will have...
12/17/12 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1781 Words
... was only a few weeks ago that the Linux blogosphere's Punchy Penguin Saloon suffered its latest round of damage thanks to the recent skirmish over the GPL , but now the popular establishment of questionable repute is actually shut down for a...
10/23/12 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1589 Words
For consumers and many supply-chain endpoints in the computing industry, however, open source players are yet to be recruited and encouraged to abide by GPL licensing dictates and code sharing rather than program stealing.
A series of OpenStack meetings by core contribution...
07/12/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1412 Words
'Just Add 3 Letters: GPL'
Similarly, "Well, if their enterprise value keeps nose-diving at its current rate of descent they'll be bust in four years," wrote AndyPagin. "I'll be happy to dance fanatically on their grave, or at least...
05/20/10 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 905 Words
"How can you even HAVE proprietary codecs in a GPL distro?" hairyfeet wondered. "I thought you had to be free to modify and distribute to be GPL? There is NO way that MPEG-LA or any other codec license holder is just gonna...
11/08/07 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1074 Words
"Even if we accept that CentOS does hurt Red Hat, what can Red Hat actually do about it?" wrote Jezz. "The GPL (General Public License) stops them from squashing the product -- which is exactly the point of the GPL. The GPL...
04/01/07 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 862 Words
That also tended to influence the Java community to further embrace Eclipse, Apache and GPL , and to look to the JCP as in a mere maintenance and updates committee role, not where the next levels of technical innovation (and the next levels...
08/31/06 4:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 614 Words
The company should choose the GPL over CDDL because it could mean Java's incorporation into Linux distributions, he said.
"The time to compete and provide a strong alternative to .Net is now," Gardner said, criticizing Sun's continued pursuit of license fees...
08/07/06 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 625 Words
"We realized it was a mistake," he said of the QPL licensing, which gives the copyright holder more control. "We [changed] not only to conform with Debian, but also because we are pretty confident about the way we are going and we think GPL ...
Stallman didn't," Moglen said, referring to Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and to Richard Stallman, the father of the free software movement and principal author of the original GPL. "The idea of sharing has triumphed. We are winning, and we will win, but...
12/08/03 10:51 AM PT | TechNewsWorld | 1243 Words
... week was looking relatively uneventful until I got a copy of SCO CEO Darl McBride's "Open Letter" in which he argues that the Linux GPL is unconstitutional. Now, for some of you, you red-lined the letter and spent the next several hours...
Wind River confirmed the company's concerns, some of which still remain, over the Linux GPL , telling LinuxInsider that Wind River is seeing embedded Linux encroach on the market. "With these announcements, we're starting to take a step-by-step approach to Linux," the...
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