Katherine Noyes

The Graying of the Linux Kernel Community
11/25/13 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1225 Words

Moreover, "the GPL was a real milestone," O'Brien added. "Linus Torvalds has said that choosing the GPL was among the best decisions he ever made."

Similarly, "the FLOSS universe is huge, but I would give my vote to Richard Matthew Stallman...

Katherine Noyes

The Case of the Missing OS, or Did Apple Eat Pear?
01/27/14 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1218 Words

Here in the Linux community, it's no secret that there are more flavors of our favorite operating system than most of...

Katherine Noyes

When Microsoft Went A-Courting
11/17/14 5:15 PM PT | LinuxInsider | 1020 Words

"I love that Microsoft is considering open source, but I have seen no movement towards the GPL," Stone told Linux Girl. "This strikes me as an opportunity to get their software on multiple platforms but tie the developers down to Microsoft."...

Jack M. Germain

HandBrake Video Transcoder Gets a Grip on Linux
02/05/15 5:00 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 1104 Words

Its AAC encoder is now the default as FAAC has been removed due to GPL compatibility issues. This encoder should work fine for most needs. But it still has quirks. So HandBrake also enabled support for the FDK-AAC encoder.

The drawback to...

Jack M. Germain

Report: Commercial Software Riddled With Open Source Code Flaws
04/19/17 2:56 PM PT | LinuxInsider | 1360 Words

Some 85 percent of the audited applications contained components with conflicts, most often violations of the General Public License, or GPL. Three-quarters of the applications contained components under the GPL family of licenses. Only 45 percent of them were in compliance.

John P. Mello Jr.

Major Players Roll Up Sleeves to Solve Open Source Licensing Problems
11/30/17 11:18 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 639 Words

Red Hat , Google , Facebook and IBM said they would apply error standards in the most recent GNU General Public License agreement, GPLv3, to all of their open source licensing, even licenses granted under older GPL agreements.

"There is no procedure...

Jack M. Germain

GhostBSD: A Solid Linux-Like Open Source Alternative
02/21/19 10:54 AM PT | LinuxInsider | 2305 Words

The GPL is designed to eliminate closed source software. It requires any derivative work to be supplied with source code if requested.

By contrast, the BSD license is less restrictive in that binary-only distributions are allowed. The BSD License does not make...

While some would argue that Linux is covered by an informal license that prevents that, the GPL, as the license is called, has never been tested in court.

Some analysts say that all this talk about Linux becoming corrupted by "too...

Software vendor Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) and systems manufacturer EBIZ Enterprises, Inc. (OTC BB: EBIZ) have announced a strategic distribution agreement...

Building upon a development and marketing agreement struck earlier this year, Wall Street sensation Red Hat Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) and...

MacMillan Publishing USA has entered into a strategic alliance with SecurityPortal.com to bring online security technologies to users of the Linux...

Software vendor Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) has entered into a strategic OEM alliance with PC Chips to help build a customer...

Linux vendor Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) announced this week that it has begun shipping a new version of its Linux...

Computer Associates, Inc. (NYSE: CA) has announced a distribution, marketing and support agreement with Linux vendor Red Hat, Inc. Under the...

Moving to create a total desktop solution for Linux , Corel Corp. (Nasdaq: CORL) announced Friday that the first beta version...

Tallyman is released under the GPL (GNU Public License), which allows developers to alter, customize and enhance the software according to their needs.

TurboLinux Expands

TurboLinux also announced today that it will be opening new European offices. The...

Linux vendor Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has announced the availability of a new version of its Linux OS designed...

Since Gnutella was apparently posted under a GPL (open source) license, it will be very difficult for Nullsoft, AOL or anyone else to keep the program from spreading. While the present version, referred to as version 0.48, has some bugs in it,...

Rick Cook

One Year Ago: AOL Embarrassed By Free MP3 Music Software
03/16/01 4:06 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 693 Words

Since Gnutella was apparently posted under a GPL (open source) license, it will be very difficult for Nullsoft, AOL or anyone else to keep the program from spreading. While the present version, referred to as version 0.48, has some bugs in it,...

Lou Hirsh

How E-Business Capitalizes on Open Source
05/23/02 5:01 PM PT | E-Commerce Times | 688 Words

Open source technology is cheap to use, comes with few frills -- and has yet to gain the popularity enjoyed by...