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I completely missed this on my quick read-through of GPLv3 (Draft 3) yesterday. The FSF, as Fabrizio rightly declares, completely neutered the GPL for the 21st Century of software. (Note to the FSF: Never upset an Italian. It's not pretty.)That
Red Hat continues its bullish run, but a bit less profitably than previous quarters, as reported by Forbes and other sources. Red Hat nailed $400M in FY 2007 revenue, up 48% over the previous year. Sales were up 41% over Q3, but profit in Q4 decrease
Martin Michlmayr has just finished his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge, and has posted it online. I've reported on some of Martin's other work before, and think it's fascinating. (Btw, if you don't want to plo
Oracle today announced a range of customers that have signed up for Oracle Linux. It's an impressive list. How much money changed hands is not known, and won't be. In fact, it's completely unclear from the language used in the press re
I'm not the biggest fan of Shai Agassi, President of SAP's Products and Technology Group. I therefore think his announced departure from SAP is a net positive for the company. Shai is the one who made the terribly gauche comments about open
Let's face it: Linus' opinion of GPLv3 matters a heck of a lot more than yours or mine, and Stephen Shankland was able to get his read on this latest draft. Said Linus:"I'm actually pretty pleased. Not because I think it's pe
Yet to come: one more draft--and further changes in language
On Bruce Lowry's blog (Bruce is the PR demi-god for Novell, and a great person) today he has Novell's position on the latest draft of the GPL. From his post:We will continue to distribute Linux. Nothing in this new draft of GPL3 inhibits No
Chief platforms officer Ian Murdock, half of Debiam Linux fame, outlines what he aims to do in new job at Sun
Draft license aims to protect user software freedoms and block threats from the MS/Novell pact