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  • Windows 7 tool gets GPL v2 makeover 10 Dec 2009 13:16 GMT
    ... last month when it coughed to violating a series of GNU General Public Licence (GPL) terms. In November Microsoft called the violation a mistake, and while the code had ...

  • Windows 7 download tool is back and now available under a GPL open-source license 10 Dec 2009 02:19 GMT
    ... ...

  • Licenses are Not the Hard Part 10 Dec 2009 04:35 GMT
    ... initiated over 100 FOSS projects. The 1990s was a time for puzzlement over the GPL and a time to come to grips with the unconventional nature of the GPL ...

  • Repentant Microsoft re-issues Windows 7 tool as open-source 10 Dec 2009 19:52 GMT
    ... few weeks." after blogger Rafael Rivera accused the company of lifting code from the GPLv2-licensed "Imagemaster" open-source project. Rivera, who writes the blog, said Microsoft compounded the problem by ...

  • Repentant Microsoft re-issues Windows 7 tool as open source 10 Dec 2009 21:04 GMT
    ... in November, after blogger Rafael Rivera accused the company of lifting code from the GPLv2-licensed "Imagemaster" open-source project. Rivera, who writes the blog, said Microsoft compounded the problem by ...

  • Microsoft re-issues Windows 7 tool as open-source 10 Dec 2009 21:17 GMT
    ... configurations. ] after blogger Rafael Rivera accused the company of lifting code from the GPLv2-licensed "Imagemaster" open source project. Rivera, who writes the blog, said Microsoft compounded the problem ...

  • Microsoft finally open sources Windows 7 tool 10 Dec 2009 02:12 GMT
    ... open sourced the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT) by releasing it under the GPLv2 license. The code is now available on CodePlex, Microsoft's Open Source software project hosting ...

  • Microsoft reposts Windows 7 download tool 10 Dec 2009 00:15 GMT
    ... that the software appeared to use open-source code licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL v2). Microsoft and said that the code did in fact use GPL code. Microsoft ...

  • Oracle faces opposition in Europe 10 Dec 2009 16:37 GMT
    ... handed a copy over to Reuters. "The issues raised (by the commission) concerning the GPLv2 status of the MySQL code base do not warrant a conclusion that this transaction ...

  • Windows 7 download tool (finally) open-sourced 10 Dec 2009 00:38 GMT
    ... combed through the code after a blogger raised concerns that it violated the GNU GPLv2. Raphael Rivera Jr. found that part of looked suspiciously like it was lifted straight ...

  • ffdshow Rev. 3154 (generic/x64) 10 Dec 2009 03:56 GMT
    ... low bitrate movies, and is based on original DirectShow filter from XviD, which is GPL'ed educational implementation of MPEG4 encoder. fast video decompression using optimized MMX, SSE and 3DNow! ...

  • FrostWire 'Arctic Shield' 4.18.5 10 Dec 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... causing FrostWire to kill uploads. (related to httpcomponent/nio) - Updates: License is upgraded from GPLv2 to GPLv3 to allow proper license compatibility with Apache Licensed components. An entirely new ...

  • Red Hat Open Sources Desktop Application Protocol 10 Dec 2009 01:15 GMT
    ... the GNU General Public License version 2, though parts are also licensed under Lesser GPL (LGPL) and BSD-styled licenses. ...

  • Open source media centre Boxee hits beta phase 10 Dec 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... time at consumer electronics trade show are released under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2) and other parts, including the libboxee networking layer library, are closed source. ...

  • Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009:327: clamav 10 Dec 2009 04:35 GMT
    ... in libclamav which is a license violation as the RAR v3 license and the GPL license is not compatible. As a consequence to this Mandriva has been forced to ...


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