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    The leader of the Debian Linux distribution has called for changes to be made to the open-source project's trademark policy, to ensure it has the appropriate level of protection against legal challenges.

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    The release of IBM's free DB2 database points to the downward price pressure from open-source programmers' tools.

  • Free-software gadfly takes on Net group

    A leader of the free-software movement is considering a move to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force with like-minded members to boost support for royalty-free standards.

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    In this candid interview with ZDNet.com.au, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses why he thinks rival VMWare will fail, how the financial crisis will be good for open source, and why cloud computing will be the future.

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    The idea of getting a robust, scalable operating system for free hasn't clicked with many enterprises -- until now.

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