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Stallman brands cloud computing as 'stupidity'
News Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman says the industry's latest trend will ultimately result in vendor lock-in and escalating costs for users.
Tags: Data Management, Google Inc., Richard Stallman, Cloud Computing, operating system, software, marketing, industry, Web server, Google Gmail
Do we need GPLv3?
Insight perspective Version 3 of the General Public License is clearer than its predecessor in many ways, but does that mean you should use it? A legal expert discusses the pros and cons.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Microsoft Corp., Version, Open-source Software, GPL, software, digital-rights management, Free Software Foundation, DMCA
FSF declares war on 'Bad Vista'
News The Free Software Foundation has launched an anti-Vista campaign that aims to persuade businesses and individuals to consider alternative operating systems.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Open source
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
News Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".
Tags: Business applications, Patents, Patent, Innovation, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Texas, Free Software Foundation, Patents, XML
P2P bill could regulate Web browsers, FTP clients
News Legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to regulate peer-to-peer networks goes a bit further than its sponsors may have intended.
Tags: Peer to peer, Web browsers, Legal, Web Browser, P2P, computer, software, IM, network, East Coast
Stallman warns of Mono 'risk'
News GNU project founder urge developers to drop use of the open source toolset, saying it could expose their work to legal action from Microsoft.
Tags: Open source, Lawsuits, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Business applications, Apple Mac OS, Debian, C#, photograph
Microsoft OOXML debacle continues
News Sweden has revoked its original 'yes' vote for fast-tracking OOXML for ISO certification, after a participant was found to have voted more than once.
Linux gurus ask to join EU Microsoft fight
News The more "Microsoft is able to purchase its opponents' solidarity," the more they are committed to interoperability, says president of Free Software Foundation Europe.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Antitrust
Samba will move to GPLv3
News The Free Software Foundation's new license gets a major endorsement from a major server software project.
Tags: Open source, Linux server OS
EC's proposed antitrust fine 'too low'
News Microsoft should be fined at least 10 times more to force the company to comply with the antitrust ruling, says Free Software Foundation.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Antitrust
GPLv3 release set for late week
News Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman will launch the General Public License version 3 via an online video stream.
Tags: Open source, Software licensing
Stallman unbending on software patents
News Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder."
Tags: Software, Open source, Patents
GPL 3 plans unveiled
News Updated version of the free software license may tackle problems such as DRM and software patents.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Open source, Software licensing, Legal, Copyright, Patents
GPLv3 to drive users from Linux to FreeBSD?
News GPLv3 will help FreeBSD take some users away from Linux, according to the founder and vice president of The FreeBSD Foundation.
Tags: Linux server OS
Caldera to introduce modified open-source license
News Some open-source advocates considered Microsoft Corp.'s recent public flaming of the GNU General Public License equivalent to criticizing motherhood and apple pie. But not Ransome Love, CEO of Caldera Systems.
