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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Stallman touts GPLv3 provisions

    The right to remove digital rights management controls and patent protection for free and open-source software users is an important provision in the General Public License version 3, said the Free Software Foundation.

  • Open source stirs up trouble for Novell

    Richard Stallman, leader of the Free Software Foundation and chief author of the General Public License (GPL) used Novell's BrainShare conference in Utah to criticise the software maker's controversial deal with Microsoft.

  • Kill the patents, kill the problem

    Novell's decision to acquire Suse back in 2003 was a smart move for a struggling company.

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  • The open-source techie who means business

    Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.

  • Microsoft opens up: Everything you need to know

    The software company has made a big show about opening up its APIs, but has it really changed its stance towards open source?

  • Bill Gates and other communists

    Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.

  • The open source patent conundrum

    Although Sun Microsystems recently made software patents available for use by open-source developers, OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture is turning increasingly murky.

  • MySQL to Oracle: Be afraid

    MySQL chief Marten Mickos discusses software patents, Oracle, making money with open source and why his company is the Ikea of the database world.

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