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9 Jun 2015, 2:40 am
If the smallest piece of a larger work is GPL'd, the whole thing must be GPL'd, too.The copyleft "share-alike" obligation would have been a poison pill at least for Microsoft and Google. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 8:24 am
In cases where the application is not licensed under the GPL, Artifex requires a commercial license. [read post]
17 Mar 2011, 9:28 am
Naughton, much of Android’s code is based on Linux, which is licensed under the GPL. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 4:14 pm
Most are distributed under the GPL: Adder eVACS (old version is GPL; new version is proprietary) Helios (code not yet released; most likely GPL according to Ben Adida) OVC (GPL with extensions to require change histories be maintained) Pvote Civitas is distributed under a non-commercial-use only license. [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 12:46 am
Novell's CEO, Ron Hovsepian, has reportedly given a speech at the LinuxWorld conference in which he: Said that patent deals like Microsoft/Novell are critical for achieving interoperability between Windows and Linux systems - something that customers need Said that Microsoft is a reality that the FOSS community must work with Praised GPL, saying that Linux wouldn't be at the stage it is without the licence Confirmed that Novell's latest Linux distro would be… [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 10:54 am
Not particularly earth-shattering but an approach that is a little different than user/purchaser centric approach I [...]related:The Virtues and Evils of Open SourceThe Virtues and Evils of Open Source — Part IIfirst us gpl lawsuit filedopen source and... [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 7:50 am
It's our view that what Apple is doing against GPL software is part of their initiative to put DRM (both for software and more traditional content) onto devices. (17:20) Bradley mentioned that Apple lawyers have a pathological hatred of GPL, which he believes comes directly down from Steve Jobs, who began his dislike of GPL when he tried, while at NeXT, to distribute a proprietary front-end for GCC for Objective-C. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 7:35 am
Android device makers are notoriously bad in complying with their GPL obligations. [read post]
20 Jul 2010, 10:24 am
If you missed the dust up over WordPress, Thesis and the GPL last week, you were probably offline completely.To make a long story short, WordPress, the popular blogging platform, is released under the GPL, an open source license that requires all derivative works to be licensed under the same terms.However, Chris Pearson created a theme framework for WordPress called Thesis that he sells but does not license under the GPL. [read post]
11 Feb 2019, 2:40 am
”The new licence – Server Side Public License (SSPL),- is based on a GPL and applies to all versions released after 16 October 2018, including patch fixes for prior versions. [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 2:32 pm
With that, I give you the ZDNet aggregation pages/tags for: DRM Software Patents Microsoft Novell Sun GPLs Java Windows 'Genuine Advantage' Scary Tech Web Office Windows Vista Web 2.0 (Amazing how many of those have a legal thrust and/or twist to them.) [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 9:21 am
These statutory provisions may constitute an impediment to the effective grant of rights for the benefit of the public under widely used "open content" licensing arrangements, such as the GNU General PublicLicense ("GPL") for software or the Creative Commons family of licenses for other sorts of expressive works. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 1:13 am
I tend to agree with him that the Machinima Licence bears more resemblance to Creative Commons and the GPL. [read post]
15 Jul 2008, 9:26 am
It does, however, indicate that, at least in Germany, GPL licence terms are taken seriously. [read post]
9 Nov 2006, 11:28 am
The GPL is the conspiracy as Wallace sees things; it is a joint undertaking among users and creators of derivative works to undercut the price of any potential rival.Got it? [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 7:58 am
RMS mentioned the NeXT/Objective C GPL violation in his essay, Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 8:58 pm
[Download the Complaint] The Free Software Foundation (”FSF”) has filed a copyright infringement suit against Cisco claiming that Cisco has violated the GPL v.2 and Lesser GPL versions 2.0 and 2.1 open source licenses by distributing software without the source code. [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 9:01 am
Comments from funeral directors about the confusion when disclosure is required should help prompt the FTC to clarify when the GPL must be handed out. [read post]
10 Dec 2015, 3:13 pm
Note also that version 3 of the GPL expressly prohibits its use as a technological measure under any DMCA-type law. [read post]
8 Nov 2011, 7:45 am
But if it does work, if the guardians of the Linux kernel and the GPL believe that it is acceptable to use an automated process to “clean” GPL’d headers or code so that you can re-distribute them under a non-copyleft license, that fact should be made clear so that the uncertainty and doubt is dispelled for good. [read post]
