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January 12th, 2010 
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Richard Stallman raised more than a few eyebrows when he signed the letter objecting to the MySQL purchase . Endorsing, or seeming to endorse, the practice of selling proprietary exceptions to GPL’ed software seemed entirely out of character with Stallman’s comments on Free Software up to that point. To clarify, Stallman has written up an essay that spells out his opinion on exceptions and when they’re acceptable
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Richard Stallman on GPL Exceptions
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Tags: Companies, consumer, Development, gpl, Licensing, linux, linux-magazine, mit, opinion, practice, Work 
No Comments » January 11th, 2010 Admin |
The GNU General Public License (GPL) is often described as “Copyleft” because it turns traditional copyright on its head to make code freer than traditional proprietary copyright licenses.
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The Unlicense: A License for No License
Posted in Open Source News Tags: code, end-item, gpl, linux-magazine, open-source, unlicense, unlicense-logo, Users No Comments » July 23rd, 2009 Admin Missing: Dell Ubuntu desktop PCs. The VAR Guy explores whether Dell has stopped selling Ubuntu desktop computers . Open source Hive: Large-scale, distributed data processing made easy.
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OStatic Buffer Overflow…
Posted in Open Source News Tags: 5min, application, dell, gpl, hive, jobs, microsoft, new-competition, source, source-moves, springsource, ubuntu No Comments » July 23rd, 2009 Admin If you want to learn Java, Python, or Ruby but can’t stand the thought of slogging through a huge pile of books, take a look at the open source video tutorial service, ShowMeDo . It’s loaded with screencasts that walk you through how to use popular programming languages and an assortment of open source applications like Vim and Blender.
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Learn Mad Programming Skills With Videos From ShowMeDo
Posted in Open Source News Tags: 5min, adblockplus, flickr, gpl, hive, jobs, new-competition, office, productivity, source, source-moves No Comments » July 22nd, 2009 Admin Open source video platform, Kaltura , has decided to face the online video industry head-on with today’s public launch of Kaltura Community Edition . The self-hosted software lets Web site developers and owners integrate customizable video right into a site without the vendor lock-in hassles of proprietary software. Once installed, you can stream video right from your server or content delivery network (CDN).
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Kaltura Releases Free and Open Source Online Video Platform
Posted in Open Source News Tags: adblockplus, face-the-online, gpl, hive, jobs, licensed-under, much-the-same, open-source, soccer, source, source-moves, technology, under-the-gnu, vendor No Comments »
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