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  • GPL 3 may tackle Web loophole

    The next version of the General Public License may tackle the issue of Web companies that use free software in commercial Web-based applications but don't distribute the source code.

  • Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux

    Linus Torvalds said that he won't convert Linux to version 3 of the General Public License, as he objects to digital rights management provisions in the proposed update.

  • Stallman unbending on software patents

    Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, proposed changes to General Public Licence at a public forum on Tuesday but made clear that provisions to protect users from patent litigations will remain intact.

  • New Linux licence takes aim at DRM and Hollywood

    New licensing terms for Linux and other open-source products take a "highly aggressive" stance against the digital rights management software that's widely favoured in the entertainment industry, said Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation.

  • DRM, GPLv3 just 'hot air': Linus Torvalds

    Digital rights management (DRM) and the General Public License (GPL) cause a lot of 'hot air' to be exchanged but they are not a 'big deal', according to Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux.

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  • Defender of the Linux faith

    Linux kernel developer Harald Welte talks about the challenges of single-handedly tackling companies that violate the GPL.

  • Linux licence overhaul -- don't hold your breath

    General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.

  • Deciphering the open-source war

    He's baaack! At the recently concluded World Congress on Information Technology 2002, Microsoft's Craig Mundie registered his objection to those awful folks who take the liberty to compete with his company.

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