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Sun 'distorts' Definition Of Free Software
Talkback For the large majority of people using the software the access to the source-code, or the right do modify is it totally irrelevant since they don't know how to program and thus have no need for the code and no means to modify it.
[July 2, 2005, 12:36]
EU Site Pushes Open-source Education
News Broadly speaking, open source software licences allow developers to modify and redistribute the software's source code, as long as the modifications are returned to the community. The debate around current attempts to modify patent laws has centred...
[December 22, 2003, 11:30]
Microsoft Tweaks 'shared Source' For Windows CE
News As part of its effort to deal with the threat of open-source software, Microsoft plans to let device makers modify more of the source code of its specialised Windows CE operating system. Microsoft played up giving manufacturers access to the...
[April 10, 2003, 8:20]
GPL's DRM Restrictions Are Revised
News If you're keeping the right to modify and not conveying that right to modify, you're violating the licence," said Eben Moglen, the foundation's top lawyer, in an interview. The Free Software Foundation has revised provisions concerning the thorny...
[July 28, 2006, 9:15]
Millions In India To Get OpenOffice
News Raman believes open source software brings two main advantages to the Indian population - cost, and the freedom to modify the software. If we want to modify the software we have to have access to the code," he said.
[May 25, 2005, 16:00]
Sun Pioneer An Open-source Killjoy?
News Linux is covered by the General Public License (GPL), created by the Free Software Foundation, which lets anyone see and modify a program's source code as long as changes are published for free if the software is distributed.
[August 15, 2002, 7:47]
Netscape To Make Browsers, Source Code Free
News Mike Homer, executive VP of sales and marketing at Netscape, said the source code move would allow third-party developers modify and freely distribute code based on the GNU Public Licence (GPL) standard that demands developers freely pass on code...
[January 22, 1998, 18:24]
Torvalds Criticises GPL Revisions
News If you're keeping the right to modify and not conveying that right to modify, you're violating the licence," said Eben Moglen, the foundation's top lawyer, in an earlier interview. But the Free Software Foundation argues that it's modernising the...
[July 31, 2006, 9:10]
Google 'guarantees' Android Compatibility
News Although the base of the stack falls under the fully open-source GPL licence, many parts fall under the Apache licence, which allows companies to modify the code into a proprietary form and not have to feed it back into the wider Android community.
[November 13, 2007, 7:02]
Governments Should Switch To Open Source - Study
News Broadly speaking, open-source licences allow developers to modify and redistribute the original programming code of a piece of software, so long as the modifications are returned to the community. As a result, it recommends that governments require...
[August 23, 2002, 13:47]
'Linux' Trademark Doesn't Matter, Says Stallman
Talkback If the software is free to use, add too or modify then it also does not matter what it is called either, right? Using Stallman's own logic, it also does not matter if it is called "Linux" or "GNU\Linux".
[August 30, 2005, 11:11]
My Response To Richard Stallman
Talkback I am free to modify my schwinn after I have bought it. Most proprietary software is not guaranteed suitable for any particular use and is not able to be modified so it can be suitable. If I want to change the gear ratio of my schwinn so i can ride...
[January 9, 2004, 12:54]
SunSys Screensaver
Downloads So, you can use, redistribute and/or modify SunSys under GNU General Public License. The pictures are obtained by free software Celestia 1.4.1. SunSys screensaver covers more than fifty selected exciting scenes of our Sun system main objects.
[March 5, 2007, 7:01]
Microsoft Proposes Open Source Alliance
Talkback It's the freedom to modify, redistribute, analyze, and use for any purpose that truly empower. It's about the freedoms that are provided by Free Software licenses. Who cares? At the end of the day, it's not about pie charts showing the results of...
[August 25, 2005, 18:06]
Flypaper
Downloads The software uses Flypaper Templates, hundreds of pre-programmed, professionally designed, Web-ready pages that anyone can simply drag and drop, then modify, to create impressive content. Flypaper is free, fully-functional software that allows...
[July 23, 2008, 3:01]
Agree Free FLV AVI MP4 DVD WMV ASF MOV Converter
Downloads The free version of this software can only convert one file each time and cannot modify settings.This version is the first release on CNET Download.com. Agree Free FLV AVI MP4 DVD WMV ASF MOV Converter is a conversion tool for converting video...
[July 16, 2008, 16:50]
ActiTIME
Downloads Each actiTIME user is granted individual access rights and one of these allows the manager to enter and modify time-track of other users. actiTIME is a free time-tracking software for effective management and billing in small and mid-sized companies.
[June 11, 2008, 5:31]
Active Image
Downloads Create new, or modify existing images. It's royalty-free for software developers and has full source code in the distribution (for enterprise version).Version 5.0 adds support for GIF and WBMP image formats, WAP devices, alpha blending and...
[May 12, 2005, 17:46]
MyColors
Downloads It doesn't modify any system files and enables users to easily switch between themes and back to default Windows. MyColors is a software program that includes everything you need to change everything about your Windows experience.
[April 22, 2008, 6:31]
The Gadgetbar Toolbar For Firefox
Downloads It doesn't spy on browsing habits or launch pop-up or pop-under advertisements, it doesn't hijack searches or modify pages you visit, it doesn't block uninstallation or create security holes & it will not make it easier for other people or...
[December 1, 2006, 13:16]
