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Open Source Weblog: January 2006 Archives
Sun's COO hints at GPL v3 adoption
January 31, 2006
Linus Torvalds might not be interested in the third version of the GNU General Public License, but it seems Sun Microsystems could be using it.
Sun's president and COO, Jonathan Schwartz, has hinted that the company is looking at using the new version of the world's most popular free and open source software license.
Torvalds rules out GPL v3 for Linux
January 30, 2006
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has stated that it is unlikely that the open source operating system will move to version 3 of the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License.
"The Linux kernel is under the GPL version 2. Not anything else. Some individual files are licensable under v3, but not the kernel in general. And quite frankly, I don't see that changing," wrote Torvalds in a posting to the Linux kernel mailing list.
Most wanted Linux apps
January 27, 2006
Novell has been running a survey to understand what applications users would most like to be ported to Linux, and the first results are in. Based on 500 responses so far the list is as follows:
Microsoft opens Windows, but not to open source
January 26, 2006
Microsoft dropped something of a bombshell on Wednesday with the announcement that it will enable developers and competitors to license Windows source code as a part of its program to meet the European Commission's interoperability remedies.
The announcement raised many questions, not least why Microsoft would decide to go beyond the remedies required of it by the European Commission while maintaining that it will win its appeal against those remedies (the appeal date has now been set for April 24-28).
One potential answer to that is that Microsoft believes that by offering to license the Windows source code it stands more chance of winning its appeal. This might seem counter-productive, but from the comments of Microsoft's general counsel, Brad Smith, it does seem that Microsoft is now more concerned with the principle of winning the appeal than it is with avoiding particular remedies.
Why open source?
Welcome to CBR's new open source blog. A first post and my introduction into the world of blogging was always going to prove difficult, so I've decided to start off by explaining a little bit about why the blog exists and what its intended function will be.
The impact of open source on enterprise computing has been enormous. From early success in file, print and web services and at the operating system level open source software is now challenging proprietary software at every level of the infrastructure stack – including databases, application servers, business intelligence, and enterprise applications.
All the major software suppliers – including Microsoft – now offer software licensed under an open source license, reducing research and development costs while expanding innovation.
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