FSF admits defeat on Apache
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| "We apologize to the Apache community for having previously overlooked
| the significance of this issue. We look forward to further discussions
| with the Apache Foundation in the hope of achieving compatibility in
| the future," said the FSF.
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=A8B51810-6A9E-4A15-88DC-04B1A8376E20
Mr. Softy's Novell Strategy
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| Novell disagrees. From the company's initial response: "We will continue
| to distribute Linux. Nothing in this new draft of GPL3 inhibits
| Novell's ability to include GPL3 technologies in SUSE Linux
| Enterprise, openSUSE, and other Novell open source offerings,
| now and in the future. This is good news for our customers."
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| That cavalier attitude could come back to hurt Novell if it
| sticks by its guns. I think Stallman would take the company to
| court over these issues in a heartbeat. His GNU tools will most
| certainly be licensed under the final version of GPL3, since the
| FSF runs both of those shows. Without that vital glue, you don't
| really have an operating system, and the whole Linux platform falls
| apart. In fact, Stallman has long insisted that we call it GNU/Linux,
| rather than just naming the kernel, to give the GNU project its props.
| Either Novell convinces the FSF to drop its anti-Novell wording, or
| the Microsoft pact is history.
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http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2007/03/30/mr-softys-novell-strategy.aspx
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