Divide and Conquer: How Microsoft Fractures Free and Open Source Software,...
Latest examples of Microsoft's strategy, wherein it sends out affiliates to pretend to be FOSS people and then promote software patent deals, separation between Open Source and Free software, departure...
View ArticleMore GPL enforcement work again.. and a very surreal but important case
Right now I'm facing what I'd consider the most outrageous case that I've been involved so far: A manufacturer of Linux-based embedded devices (no, I will not name the company) really has the guts to...
View ArticleBiometric Hardware with Linux and GPL violations
Recently at work we installed a biometric access control system. I was not in charge of this buy, but I tried the Windows software that is responsible for data handling and connects to biometric...
View ArticleApple is Still Attacking GNU Linux and the GPL
Apple is said to be "blocking contributions to GCC" (which is GPL-licensed unlike LLVM and Clang); antitrust pressure on Apple causes change
View ArticleHTC Willfully Violates the GPL in T-Mobile's New G2 Android Phone
"HTC will normally publish this within 90 to 120 days. This time frame is within the requirements of the open source community."
View ArticleVLC developer takes a stand against DRM enforcement in Apple's App Store
Rémi Denis-Courmont is one of the primary developers of the VLC media player, which is free software and distributed under the GPL. Earlier this week, he wrote to Apple to complain that his work was...
View ArticleCould Free Software Exist Without Copyright?
GNU GPL actually *depends* on copyright, an intellectual monopoly, in order to spread intellectual freedom. Moreover, it seems to doom free software into a kind of symbiosis with copyright, forcing it...
View ArticleSoftware Licensing - Don't Complain If You Don't Like The License
Article about software licensing, and the right of the programmer and user to choose.
View ArticleRed Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source
Red Hat is making things harder for downstream by shipping its RHEL 6 kernel source as one big tarball, instead of breaking out the patches, like the upstream does. This is not a simple mistake but a...
View ArticleUnbelievable statements in GPL related case in the Supreme Court of Mauritius
[…] So let me phrase this more clearly: Somebody, under oath is stating at the Supreme Court, that GPL-Licensed software (which the Linux kernel definitely is), has no copyright restrictions? And that...
View ArticleSUSE and Microsoft renew the Novell deal
It's never over until the fat lady sings. SUSE finally rejects all pretensions to Free Software loyalty.
View ArticleSwiss proprietary companies block government open source release
In 2009, the court's IT department announced it would release the system as open source under the GPLv3. This summer, it was expected that OpenJustitia would be released to allow other courts to make...
View ArticleGPL upheld in Berlin case
A manufacturer of DSL routers has lost a case against a maker of web-filtering software in a Berlin court. The case revolved around the GNU General Public Licence.
View ArticleFSFE calls for an amendment of Slovak Copyright Act
Free Software Foundation Europe calls for an amendment of the Slovak Copyright Act that would eventually enable Free Software and Creative Commons licenses for Slovak citizens.
View ArticleGerman court case confirms validity of the LGPL
Buhl Data Service GmbH has agreed to pay €15,000 to adhoc dataservice GmbH for using its LGPL-licensed FreeadhocUDF open source library in his business software without observing the LGPL's licensing...
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