When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?
In a change of heart, Novell has ceased distributing proprietary software modules such as 3D video drivers that plug into the Linux kernel.
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.
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.
Provisions against digital rights management in a draft update to the General Public Licence could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in e-mails reflecting the Linux leader's pragmatic philosophy.
When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?
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.
Richard Stallman says even if Sun and others follow IBM's lead and started defusing the patent minefield of software development, the battle against software patents must continue.
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The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.
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