In June of 2007, after many months delay, the Free Software Software Foundation released GPLv3. Since that time, the license has been gaining an increased following, but without much threat to GPLv2 in first place.
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More on the Amazing Story Behind SCO (and Possibly Microsoft)
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SEVERAL DAYS ago we showed some mind-blowing developments in the SCO case. Groklaw chose to keep them private (for subscribers only), but the word starts percolating through subscription walls and into some other Web sites.
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Microsoft Still Lobbies for Software Patents in Europe, via ACT/Jonathan Zuck
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The FFII finds itself facing a drone of Microsoft rather than Microsoft itself
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Patents Roundup: Software Landmines in New Zealand, the US, and Microsoft/Linux
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HAVING just provided an update on the situation in Europe, we now turn our attention to other countries where events are noteworthy.
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Hearing on SCO's Motion to Amend Complaint in AutoZone: Aug. 24
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Judge Robert C. Jones has set a date for oral argument on SCO's recent Motion to Amend/Correct Complaint in the AutoZone case, and he has done so prior to AutoZone having time to file a response. The date is set for August 24 in Las Vegas at 9 AM. I surely hope some of you can attend. Here's the docket entry...
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SCO Scandals Get Worse: unXis Seems to be All About SCO
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SCO and unXis appear almost like the same thing based on new evidence
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Apache and the future of open-source licensing
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If most developers contribute to open-source projects because they want to, rather than because they're forced to, why do we have the GNU General Public License?
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The need to expand open-source licensing
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In his seminal essay on the nature of open source, entitled “The Cathedral and the Bazaar,” Eric Raymond described the Linux community as a “great babbling bazaar of differing agendas.” This work contributed to the present situation in which OSS has lost its edginess and is now commonly accepted by even conservative companies.
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OpenServer Copyright Ownership
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In Judge Dale Kimball's July 2008 order in SCO v. Novell, he described OpenServer like this:E. OpenServer
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Linux Vendor Settles With Microsoft
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A manufacturer of Linux-based networking devices has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to Microsoft in order to settle a patent claim, Microsoft disclosed Wednesday.
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More IBM Subpoenas in the SCO Bankruptcy
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IBM has subpoenaed the following: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Norfolk, Chad Kemp, Rene Beltran, and DTR Business Systems. This should be rich.
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Licensing 101 for Open Source Projects--Pick a License
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Part I dealt with the impact your licensing choice can have on the use of the code you write. This part II focuses on how your choice of license impacts your ability to incorporate third party code.
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Don't confuse Microsoft's IP with Linux
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Microsoft's latest intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement is once again raising eyebrows among Linux and open source software fans, prompting some to wonder what Microsoft may be doing with regard to Linux and open source software.
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Peer-To-Patent Has NOT Shut Down
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While I'm certainly a big fan of involving more people in the process of reviewing patents, I've been a huge skeptic of the "Peer-to-Patent" program that the USPTO tested over the past few years. As I noted earlier, there's very little incentive for most people to actually get involved in peer reviewing a patent that early on.
Read more »SCO's 8K, Transfer Rights, and Two New Cravath Litigators Join the IBM Team
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IBM is adding two Cravath litigators to its bankruptcy team, Benjamin H. Diessel and Michael T. Reynolds, and SCO has filed an 8K with the SEC, describing the proposed sale and attaching the proposed agreement. I noticed something peculiar about transfer rights.
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