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  • Overhaul of GPL set for public release

    A major revamp of the General Public Licence is scheduled for public release next week, a move that's expected to kick off a long and vocal debate over the key foundation of open-source programming.

  • Novell bans proprietary Linux modules

    In a change of heart, Novell has ceased distributing proprietary software modules such as 3D video drivers that plug into the Linux kernel.

  • Sun expands open-source Java plan

    Sun Microsystems will begin releasing significant open-source Java components this year and also will extend the collaborative strategy to the gadget version of the software technology.

  • Sun retires one open-source licence

    Sun Microsystems is recommending that nobody use an open-source licence it created, a small step in a broader push to pare back the number of such licences.

  • Sun has second thoughts about Linux on Solaris

    Sun Microsystems is guiding the spotlight away from a once-prominent feature of Solaris 10.

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  • MySQL Network shifts pricing and licensing

    Open-source database company introduces subscription-based service with tiered support, around the general public licence.

  • Is Sun quietly subverting Linux?

    Industry watchers claim Sun Microsystems is playing a dangerous game with its decision to position Solaris as open source -- a move which will see it go head to head with Linux.

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

  • Microsoft learns to live with open source

    Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

  • Torvalds: What, me worry?

    In this interview Linux's creator, Linus Torvalds, sounds off on the SCO lawsuit, patents and the future of Linux.

Reviews (1)

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

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