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Microsoft: Win7 tool includes GPL code; software will go open source 14/11/2009 09:48:00
The Download Tool is free and was made available to users to create bootable USB drives or DVD backup media from the electronic editions of Windows 7 that come in an ISO formatMicrosoft Friday acknowledged that its Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does indeed include open source code. To correct the error, the company next week will make the source code and binaries for the tool available under terms of the GPL v2 license.Microsoft yanks Windows 7 tool over open-source code swipe 11/11/2009 08:31:00
Blogger Rafael Rivera accuses Microsoft of lifting open-source code for netbook upgrade utilityMicrosoft has yanked a tool it touted as a way for netbook owners to install Windows 7 without a DVD drive after a prominent blogger accused the company of using open-source code without acknowledging where it originated.Does GPL still matter? 11/08/2009 04:00:00
As open source gets more commercial, GPL's idealism is overridden by developers' business needsJeff Haynie reached a crossroads last summer. Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator, a firm that develops open source cross-platform application development software, made a decision filled with implications for his company's future. That decision: to toss away his upcoming product's Gnu General Public License (GPL), the best-known and most popular free software license, in favor of what he viewed as a more business-friendly alternative. "We initially started the product with a GPLv3 license and we decided last summer to move the license to Apache," Haynie says.Microsoft's Linux madness has a method 24/07/2009 09:10:00
Linux alignment helps cloud, virtualization effortsUnder the glare of Microsoft's historic Linux kernel code submission this week is the fact that the software giant on many levels still lives in a community of one much more so than a community at large.Engineer: Microsoft violated GPL before Linux code release 24/07/2009 08:51:00
Vyatta's Stephen Hemminger claims that Hyper-V Linux drivers had to be released for compliance with the open-source licenseCode that Microsoft released Monday for the Linux kernel under the General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) was in violation of that license before Microsoft made it available, according to an open-source network engineer.Microsoft makes second GPLv2 release in as many days 22/07/2009 04:08:00
The company releases a Live Services plug-in for the open-source course-management system MoodleMicrosoft has made its second release under the General Public License in two days with software for the open-source online learning system Moodle.Microsoft/Linux milestones 21/07/2009 09:15:00
Microsoft has had a checkered past with both Linux and its open source GPL licensing structureMicrosoft Monday made an historic move by submitting device drivers to the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license. Microsoft has had a checkered past with both Linux and its open source GPL licensing structure, so the move was a jaw dropper. Here is a look at some of the milestones since Microsoft internal memos leaked in 1998 that attacked the open source Linux operating system as it began to pick up steam as an alternative to Windows.Microsoft frees Linux drivers; other closed-source vendors to step up? 21/07/2009 08:33:00
The three drivers were released under the GPL v2.0 licenseMicrosoft Corp.'s move to release three of its drivers to Linux, however technically modest it may be, could put pressure on other closed-source vendors to follow suit.Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel 21/07/2009 08:06:00
Historic move adds Windows/Linux virtualization interoperabilityIn an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.Legal group releases guide to GPL compliance 22/08/2008 08:34:00
The Software Freedom Law Center has created a detailed report on how to comply with the GPL.The Software Freedom Law Center, which provides legal help to the free and open-source software community, has released a detailed document that describes how users and vendors can ensure they are in compliance with the open-source GNU General Public License (GPL).
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