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... GPLv3 license, and I am happy to say that as with other licenses developed with community input, the then-good GPLv3 has continued to ... result in making a "distribution" of software, neither the GPL nor any other open source license guarantees (1) to users the freedom to ...

blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2007-06-07 18:01 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

... GPLv3 license, and I am happy to say that as with other licenses developed with community input, the then-good GPLv3 has continued to ... result in making a "distribution" of software, neither the GPL nor any other open source license guarantees (1) to users the freedom to ...

blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2007-06-07 18:01 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

The GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free ... changing it is not allowed. Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and ...

page - nelson - 2008-02-05 18:04 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... CRM system. It is fallacious because THESE LICENSES ARE NOT OPEN SOURCE LICENSES . This flagrant abuse of labeling is ... that there are approximately 60 licenses, and that the GPL alone covers well more than half of all software comprising a typical Linux ...

blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2007-08-24 16:11 - 51 comments - 0 attachments

...   .:: Licenses that are popular and widely used or with strong communities ::. ... Simplified BSD licenses * GNU General Public License (GPL) * GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL) * MIT ...

page - nelson - 2008-04-02 15:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The following licenses have been approved by the OSI via the License Review Process . Academic Free License Affero GNU ... Frameworx License GNU General Public License (GPL) GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3) GNU Library ...

page - Michael Tiemann - 2008-04-02 15:31 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

You got here because you followed a link to a license with newer versions: GNU General Public License (GPL) GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3) If you are ...

page - nelson - 2008-02-05 18:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... handle Microsoft's planned submission of some of its licenses for OSD certification. That debate has been been going on within OSI, ... wants to publish open source software, let them use GPL, BSD, or any of the other fine licenses which are already available. ...

blog entry - esr - 2007-08-31 03:25 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

... As I wrote in Open Sources , I began to see that the GPL provided a unique opportunity to commercialize free software, and after a ... a much-needed update added to the roster of OSI-approved licenses, and we will be in a position to encourage those whose business ...

blog entry - Michael Tiemann - 2007-03-29 03:01 - 12 comments - 0 attachments

... program? No. That said, nearly all Open Source licenses try to make sure you know that you have no warranty. You can't sue if ... the LGPL), a. A very small number of libraries use the GPL, which only allows linking with proprietary works if an explicit exception ...

page - nelson - 2008-05-15 01:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments