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The cost of Freedom
Blog As the copyright holder of the copyleft GPL (GNU General Public License), it is responsible for legally enforcing transgressions of the GPL. 8264 Today I put my money where my Free Software touting mouth is.
[December 31, 2009, 9:16]
Are You Smarter Than Your Doctor? Pregnancy Quiz (FREE)
Downloads This quiz was created under license from Dr. Amos Grunebaum has appeared on news programs and on public television, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and the Charlie Rose show. Glam Rock Trivia- Bar Trivia- Elementary School Trivia- General Trivia...
[December 19, 2009, 17:01]
Are You Smarter Than Your Doctor? Pregnancy Quiz
Downloads This quiz was created under license from Dr. Amos Grunebaum has appeared on news programs and on public television, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and the Charlie Rose show. Glam Rock Trivia- Bar Trivia- Elementary School Trivia- General Trivia...
[December 19, 2009, 17:01]
VirtualBox
Downloads Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
[December 17, 2009, 14:33]
R for Mac OS X
Downloads R is available as Free Software under the terms of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License in source code form. R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.
[December 14, 2009, 21:40]
Reflect
Downloads Reflect is freeware released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). turns your Palm handheld into a mirror. It is packed with features and open source. The latest version includes: preferences that are saved between sessions, infrared beaming...
[November 22, 2009, 2:06]
MenuMeters
Downloads MenuMeters is open source freeware released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for MacOS X. Although there are numerous other programs which do the same thing, none had...
[November 16, 2009, 16:30]
Microsoft confirms Windows 7 tool used GPL code
News As a result, Microsoft said it will make the source code for the tool available next week, as well as the binaries under the terms of the General Public License (GPLv2). Microsoft said Friday that its inquiry confirms that a tool aimed to make it...
[November 16, 2009, 8:10]
Did Microsoft violate the GPL?
Blog Over on ZDNet.com, Mary Jo Foley is reporting that Microsoft has pulled a Windows migration tool from its site after evidence was found that it used code released under the GNU General Public License without complying with its terms.
[November 11, 2009, 12:38]
Microsoft halts Windows 7 tool after GPL code claims
News The General Public License, like other open-source licences, allows code to be freely used by others, but has its own set of terms and conditions, such as sharing any modifications made to the code. Microsoft has halted distribution of a tool aimed...
[November 11, 2009, 11:17]
FinkCommander
Downloads FinkCommander is free software provided under the GNU General Public License in the hope that it will be useful but without any warranty of any kind. Please see the README file for more details on the license and security issues.
[November 6, 2009, 0:21]
Microsoft rolls Windows 7, Azure into Eclipse
Blog The enhancements to the Eclipse IDE will be available under the Eclipse Public License for early access the first quarter of 2010, intended for general release with Eclipse Helios in June 2010. Microsoft has announced the integration of Windows 7...
[October 28, 2009, 13:06]
VMware service links public and private clouds
News As we move into the cloud, we are starting to see more cloud service providers being able to license technology," Buchanan said. Buchanan noted that the current licensing environment would limit applications for vCloud Express to products that are...
[September 2, 2009, 13:53]
Sbooth Max
Downloads Max is free software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Max is an application for creating high-quality audio files in various formats, from compact discs or files. When extracting audio from compact discs, Max offers the maximum...
[August 31, 2009, 7:02]
District Gains Software Licensing Flexibility, Predictable Price, With Volume Agreement
White Papers To maximize the value of that software, the district signed a Microsoft Volume Licensing Enterprise Agreement to take advantage of volume savings, a predictable annual license cost per desktop, streamlined license management, and Software...
[July 25, 2009, 1:18]
Novell fellow leads Microsoft's Linux embrace
News About four months ago, Linux kernel developer and Novell fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman suggested to Microsoft that it release three drivers to be part of Linux under the GNU General Public License (GPL) terms that govern its code.
[July 23, 2009, 17:08]
Microsoft, TomTom reach patent settlement
News In a statement, the two companies said the settlement provides TomTom patent coverage "in a manner that is fully compliant with TomTom's obligations under the General Public License Version 2 [GPLv2]".
[March 31, 2009, 8:23]
TomTom agrees to pay MS for patents, settles suit
Blog The agreement includes patent coverage for Microsoft’s three file management systems patents provided in a manner that is fully compliant with TomTom’s obligations under the General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2).
[March 30, 2009, 17:17]
Is Sun's public cloud developer philanthropy, or strategic positioning?
Blog Alongside the general preview of this initiative for developers comes the release of a core set of Open APIs published under the Creative Commons license for public review and comment. Almost a year on, the company has just wrapped up another...
[March 24, 2009, 7:45]
Samba: TomTom suit tries to undermine GPL
News We are willing to license on reasonable terms, and we have covenants not to sue open-source developers or for research and development. Zink added that the covenants, which also extend to those companies, such as Novell, which agree to cross...
[March 10, 2009, 11:46]
