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15 Feb 2011, 7:30 am
If a another copyleft does, it surely is incompatible with the GPL [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 12:46 pm by Jonathan Bailey
Automattic’s dedication to the GPL is legendary, even going to bat against theme developers over it, this gives a lot of comfort to those who use it on their sites, comfort that it will be free, maintained and remain modifiable if needed. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 7:50 am
There is audio of the Q&A session, wherein RMS engages in that discussion Bradley mentioned with Free Culture activists. (10:10, 14:04) Bradley mentioned that Linus Torvalds switched to GPL for Linux because he realized non-commercial restrictions weren't appropriate. [read post]
29 Jan 2011, 6:58 am by Jeremy Freeland
For example, L-GPL is a less restrictive version of GPL designed to apply to libraries. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 7:12 am by Jonathan Bailey
” The issue may be a major problem for Google as Android uses the Apache license, which is incompatible with Java’s GPL usage. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 7:30 am
The story was originally covered on slashdot. (13:17) The WinMTR site now says: By popular request, WinMTR will be available under GPL v2. (19:50) Karen mentioned the FSF's GPL FAQ. (29:27) Bradley mentioned the four rationale documents. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 5:44 am by pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black)
"As VLC for iPhone, iPad Pulled from App Store, What's the Future for GPL Apps? [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]
12 Nov 2010, 8:31 am
"Given the legal pressure that LimeWire is under," he said by e-mail, "it's understandable that they would urge us to stop distributing LimeWire Pirate Edition—but under the terms of the GPL, we have the right to continue doing so. [read post]
12 Nov 2010, 12:53 am by Kelly
(PlagiarismToday) Sweden Man fined for publishing links to legal sports broadcast (TorrentFreak) United Kingdom Prime Minister: UK needs US-style fair use to spur innovation (ArsTechnica) (Excess Copyright) Independent review of the IP system launched (IPKat) (Michael Geist) (Laurence Kaye on Digital Media Law) UK government says software patents should be easier to obtain (IAM) New UK government IP review must ask the right questions (IAM) Ministry of Sound gives up P2P claims (TechnoLlama) United… [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 10:54 am by David Ma
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]
20 Oct 2010, 7:37 am by Bill Stalter
Similarly, the operator will want to maintain a current GPL and Outer Burial Container price list and a historic GPL and OBC price list folder (going back indefinitely). [read post]
6 Oct 2010, 11:22 am
Conservancy will also do more GPL enforcement than previously. (07:20) Bradley mentioned that Matthew Garrett has been doing some GPL enforcement, and Bradley thanked him for it publicly. (07:50) Karen thinks we'll see more enforcement over time, by more people. (08:14) Bradley wants to help Conservancy's member projects do more fundraising for initiatives to fund software development activity. (08:40) Bradley mentioned that Matt Mackall is doing Mercurial development… [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 6:48 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
Sun open sourced Java SE under the GPL back in 2006 and 2007. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 7:57 am by Larry Downes
  (In the case of open source software under the GPL, users can redistribute the software so long as they repeat the other limits, including the requirement that modifications to the software also be distributed under the GPL.) [read post]
14 Aug 2010, 5:09 am by Rebecca Tushnet
Fifth Breakout Session Copyright and Identity Brian Lee, Brooklyn Law School Moral Rights Statutes and the Foundations of American Intellectual Property Law Trying to explain moral rights statutes in the US as a matter of respect for the creative excellence of the work, since as a descriptive matter neither economic theories nor European personhood theories do the explanatory job. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 12:19 pm by Jonathan Bailey
Copyright Group, Grooveshark and a major win for the GPL, but also a bit about SXSW, we take a listener’s question on domains and trademark and I talk about the evil present my parents got my for my 30th birthday.This week’s stories include:U.S. [read post]