Software vendor SugarCRM has given General Public License version 3 the thumbs up and will use it in a forthcoming update of its open-source applications.
Sun Microsystems is recommending that nobody use an open-source licence it created, a small step in a broader push to pare back the number of such licences.
Sun Microsystems' president, Jonathan Schwartz, has proclaimed ardent support for the open-source software realm but criticised the General Public License, a widely used foundation of the programming movement.
The Open Source Initiative, an influential open-source organization, is devising ways to cut down on the rising number of open-source licenses attached to software.
The Red Hat 'Network' systems management tool is to gain the ability to manage software distribution and configuration for Solaris, with Red Hat claiming the features are the "the final nail in the coffin" for Sun’s operating system. However the software could be four months away from release.
Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
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