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Sun looks to GPL v3 for Java, Solaris
When it comes to open sourcing Solaris and Java, patents and politics are leading Sun toward a change of heart. Read more »
New GPL draft due Wednesday
A new phase of wrangling over the future of the dominant open-source license, the General Public License, is set to begin on Wednesday and to end 90 days afterward. Read more »
Sun promises 100 percent open source Java in 2008
Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move that should make it possible to fully integrate the software into Linux distributions. Read more »
Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris
In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux. Read more »
New GPL on the horizon
The long awaited update to the GPl is at least a year away and the process of refining it 'is going to be a screaming match' according to Eben Moglen, a key lawyer involved in the new draft. Read more »
Open-source board eyes fewer licenses
The Open Source Initiative, an influential open-source organisation, is devising ways to cut down on the rising number of open-source licenses attached to software. Read more »
'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools
James Gosling, a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems, once quipped that the average software developer spends more on cafe lattes than on tools. Read more »
Schwartz swipes at the GPL
The GPL imposes a 'predatory obligation to disgorge IP back to the wealthiest nation in the world' on its users, according to Sun's president. Read more »
Sparc specs released under GPL
As promised in January, the Verilog plans for the UltraSparc chip have been made available. Read more »
GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility
In a significant change of course, the Free Software Foundation is working to make the upcoming version 3 of the General Public License (GPL) compatible with an alternative, the Apache License. Read more »
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Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation
Modernisation is coming to the General Public License, a legal framework that supports a large part of the free and open-source software movements and that has received sharp criticism from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Read more »
Open source vs. open standards
Sun's software czar Jonathan Schwartz writes that the terms are not interchangeable, a point that often gets overlooked. He explains why it pays to read more closely. Read more »
Surviving in the wild with open source Java
Nick Gibson shows what the Classpath exception means you don't have to worry. Read more »
Gosling looks down Sun's open road
James Gosling discusses Sun's decision to release Java under the General Public License, whether open source is more secure than proprietary software, how IT departments can cut development costs, and why Microsoft still owns the desktop. Read more »
Java's future lies in FOSS
Australian developer Brandon Franklin says the time is now for Sun to make Java available under a free software licence. Read more »
Q & A with Linus Torvalds
When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create Linux, the operating system that arguably suffered most was Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Read more »
Why open source is bad for Australia
Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Read more »
Unix pioneer an open-source killjoy?
Bill Joy, Sun's chief scientist and a pioneer in designing Unix, has voiced doubts about Linux's open-source underpinnings. Read more »
A look inside Google's open source kitchen
Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. Read more »
Will C# benefit Microsoft, or the industry?
Now that C# has been approved by the ISO, one question looms large: Will Microsoft use its intellectual property rights to make it difficult for developers to comply with the standard? Read more »
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Samba gets an inside look at Microsoft documentation
-- A complicated third-party arrangement means that the open-source Samba project will be able to make use of proprietary documents describing Microsoft file-sharing software. Read more »
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