FSF: Microsoft Cannot Evade GPLv3
News The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announcement comes in response to a statement issued last month by Microsoft, which said the company was "not a party to the GPLv3 licence… Microsoft has decided that the Novell support certificates that we...
[August 29, 2007, 11:24]
GPLv3 May Threaten Microsoft-Novell Pact
News If the final version of GPLv3 contains terms or conditions that interfere with our agreement with Microsoft or our ability to distribute GPLv3 code, Microsoft may cease to distribute Suse Linux coupons in order to avoid the extension of its patent...
[May 29, 2007, 8:49]
Microsoft Claims Immunity From GPLv3
News Microsoft has said it has no legal obligations under GPLv3, and does not require a licence under GPL to carry on its Novell agreement, "even if Novell chooses to distribute GPLv3 code in the future. The certificates will simply not apply to GPLv3...
[July 6, 2007, 17:47]
Open-source Legal Body Sues Over GPL Violation
News It's governed by version 2 of the GPL, which permits anyone to see, modify and distribute the software, as long as modifications are also released under the GPL. A legal team enforcing the most widely used licence in the open-source and free...
[October 1, 2007, 15:08]
Eben Moglen: GPLv3 Set For Success
News Under GPLv2, an entity that modifies the software but doesn't distribute it need not publish the changes, and that will continue under GPLv3, even if that software is available over the internet through mechanisms today called application service...
[May 24, 2007, 11:40]
Duh ..
Talkback Yes the GPL is a diff lic than the BSD, however in all past times GPL 'ed software has been more ubiquitous just because the user who wants to use (and distribute) has to be open about that to the world and return his changes/additions.which most...
[September 3, 2007, 12:37]
