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more »GPLv3 Celebrates Two Years, GPLv2 Still in Front
Jul 01, 2009In June of 2007, after many months delay, the Free Software Software Foundation released GPLv3. Since that time, the license has been gaining an increased following, but without much threat to GPLv2 in first place.
more »Sysvinit vs. Upstart: Boot Performance for Debian and Ubuntu
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more »VFAT Patch to Bypass Patent Issue
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more »Aaron Seigo Fears Demise of Freedesktop.org
Jun 29, 2009KDE e.V. President, Aaron Seiger, is calling for help to rescue freedesktop.org. Seigo warns of the danger of the free open source software platform sliding into insignificance and he's appealing to community members for help.
more »Mono Discussion: Stallman Warns, Ubuntu Dismissive
Jun 29, 2009The introduction of Mono into Linux and the open source environment begs risking patent claims from Microsoft. Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman sees it that way. The Technical board at Ubuntu, on the other hand, doesn't consider it any reason to be disturbed.
more »LinuxTag 2009: Better Bad Drivers than None
Jun 29, 2009In the conference's traditional "Kernel Kwestioning" seminar this year in Berlin, 11 kernel developers addressed questions from the public. The result was that the panel of experts invited the entire community to send Linux drivers to the kernel mailing list, quality notwithstanding.
more »Fedora FUDCon: Prominent and Learned Guests
Jun 23, 2009The Fedora User and Development Conference (FUDCon) 2009 will run concurrently with LinuxTag at the Marshall Haus on the grounds of the Messe Berlin from Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28.
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