Stories tagged "gpl"

The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name -- but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity? Examining the roles of the organization shows how complex the FSF's advocacy role has become.

Q: How can I order my favourite pizza by using Linux command line interface? A: Well… You can use Pizza Party application written by Cory Arcangel and Michael Frumin!

Hello, this is the Open Flash Chart project.Open Flash Chart, is open source. It is free to use and you get the source code to fiddle with!

A federal appeals court has ruled that violating copyleft licenses is copyright infrigement. This strengthens copyleft licenses such as the GPL and Creative Commons licenses.

Microsoft is joining open source, isn`t a good thing?

Generally for open source programs, there are two main licenses that most developers take into consideration. These licenses are the Gnu General Public License, and the BSD license. This article will explain the fundamentals of each license, and will help

Linux kernel developers are getting tougher on Nvidia and a few other holdouts that have refused to release open source drivers.

"Having created this monster called OOXML, Microsoft then used bribery, threats, blackmail, and vicious smear campaigns to force OOXML into fast track acceptance"

Back in May 2006, Sun released Java as open source but it still contained about 5 percent proprietary, non-free code. Now the IcedTea project the rigorous Java Test Compatibility Kit.

"Mobile open source player Funambol is certainly giving us plenty to watch these days with its Affero GPL licensing, its use of ad-supported mobile phone access to email and general bet on mobile open source software"