Richard Stallman
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Sun unveils open mobile platform

News Sun has unveiled a new open mobile platform called JavaFX, which it hopes will bring rapid open development to the mobile space.

Thursday, August 02 2007 12:14 PM

Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Data services, Mobile platforms, Open source

Public debate on GPL 3 draft begins

News Free Software Foundation releases the first public discussion draft of the General Public License version 3.

Tuesday, January 17 2006 09:30 AM

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Open source, Software licensing

Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP

News Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.

Thursday, September 21 2006 09:26 AM

Tags: Open source, Legal

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.

Wednesday, July 01 2009 08:46 AM

Tags: Open source, Lawsuits, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Business applications, Apple Mac OS, Debian, C#, photograph

Stallman makes Taiwanese source code plea

News Free software advocate Richard Stallman has pledged to promote Taiwanese companies within the GNU community if they release their driver source code.

Friday, May 27 2005 05:01 PM

Tags: Open source

Intro to Beijing Linux (GNU) User Group

Blogs Hi open source fans. I want to kick off this blog with a little intro to the BLUG, or Beijing Linux User Group. The B...

Monday, September 04 2006 01:29 PM

Tags: Open source, Software licensing, Legal

Sun to open up Java

News Sun has backed up an announcement that its Solaris server operating system will have an open source flavor by making a similar promise for its Java technology.

Friday, June 04 2004 10:46 AM

Tags: Java, Open source

Affero: A new GPL for software as a service

News Free Software Foundation releases a variation of the GPL that brings its reciprocity obligations to software running as an online service.

Tuesday, November 20 2007 09:45 AM

Tags: Open source

Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editor

News Developers are puzzling over recent clues blogged by a few Microsoft employees regarding a new "Emacs.Net" tool the company is building.

Wednesday, January 02 2008 09:05 AM

Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, Web services

SCO, IBM battle heats up

News Subpoenas are flying in the high-profile lawsuit between the SCO Group and IBM, as both companies try to buttress their legal claims by turning to third parties for information.

Thursday, November 13 2003 08:56 AM