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21 of the Best Free to Download Closed-Source Applications

09/08/2008  
Relevance: 8.55
Software licenses stir up emotive feelings in the Linux community. Licenses generally fall into one of two broad categories: proprietary licenses and open source licenses. The type of software license an application uses is significant in the effect it has on the rights of the user of the application, and whether a programmer chooses to contribute his or her time to its development.
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Commentary: Linkware licenses can go awry

09/23/2006  
Relevance: 7.13
The other day I was browsing WordPress Planet and noticed a link to 31 free WordPress themes from WordPress Diva. Of course, the"free" is as in beer, and the license requires that you display two links embedded in the theme"as long as the theme is in use." I don't mean to pick on Diva in particular, but I would like to illustrate why these sorts of"linkware" licenses, or licenses requiring reciprocal links, can be a bad idea.
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Open-Source Licenses Get Categorized, Not Ranked

08/19/2006  
Relevance: 6.82
The OSI's report on open-source license proliferation fails to rank licenses, but rather puts them in three broad categories.
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Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process

09/27/2006  
Relevance: 6.60
Why isn't Linus Torvalds involved with the drafting of the third version of the GNU General Public License (GPL)? Torvalds has frequently criticized the process and the drafts of the GPLv3, and recently voted against the license in an informal poll of kernel developers, so it seems obvious to question why he chose to sit out the process. Torvalds gives his reasons as a dislike of committees, an inability to contribute in his preferred way, and philosophical differences with the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which he suggests is trying to absorb other licenses under the GPL.[What would be wrong with absorbing other licenses under the GPL? That could essentially reduce the number of licenses one has to worry about, couldn't it? - dcparris]
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Novell is Now the New SCO

11/07/2006  
Relevance: 6.38
So how is Novell the new SCO? First and foremost, I'm not the first one to talk about the correlation between this deal and SCO's indemnification licenses...Groklaw has detailed postings on it. Let's look at this concept a bit more. This deal between Microsoft and Novell isn't about getting Linux to play nice with Windows...it's about patents, intellectual property, and indemnification licenses.
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Red Hat flags OSI offenders on partner site

07/26/2007  
Relevance: 6.34
Sometimes being the open source software leader means distancing yourself from open source claims. Red Hat has bowed to pressure and improved the way it describes partner software licenses on the Red Hat Exchange (RHX). The licenses of companies such as SugarCRM, Zimbra and Alfresco used to be buried on the RHX site, requiring interested customers to spend considerable time finding the documentation. This hide-the-license policy angered some open source advocates who argued that Red Hat gave the misleading impression that all RHX vendors had Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved licenses. Now, Red Hat is working to banish broad"open source software" claims from the RHX marketplace.
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The desperate need for a Freedom Grid system

10/24/2007  
Relevance: 6.20
There are many concurrent ongoing dangers in the world of Free Software. Among them, you will find software patents, hidden restrictions in obnoxious licenses and trademark lawsuits which seem to be absolutely unavoidable unless one has deep pockets filled with money for defense. Recently, expensive interoperability clauses have been added to the mix. Formerly, protection against such issues was achieved by adding condemnations to existing licenses.
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Microsoft will police licenses through SMS

10/05/2006  
Relevance: 6.06
That's Systems Management Server to you. Microsoft is beefing up policing for Windows licensing after going back to the drawing board on its asset management strategy. Upcoming editions of Systems Management Server (SMS) will introduce metadata and workflow tools and capabilities for management of software licenses in a three-phase plan.
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Linux provides solid uptime for automated hunting and fishing licenses

11/22/2007  
Relevance: 5.93
When deer hunting season begins in Mississippi, or its time for the alligator lottery to start down in Florida, sportsmen flock to the Internet to order their licenses through companies like Automated License Systems (ALS). To keep its servers running reliably, ALS's Infrastructure Manager Rich Edwards uses Red Hat Linux and servers from Levanta, no questions asked.
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Uh Oh. Another Smooth Move from Microsoft: Watch out, Ruby. Watch out OSI.

07/31/2007  
Relevance: 5.90
I guess you saw the news about Microsoft submitting some licenses to OSI hoping for approval as"open source" licenses. You can watch Bill Hilf of Microsoft giving his talk at OSCON, which is where the stories emanated from. That, to me, wasn't the news, since a Microsoft license was submitted once before, although I gather not by the company. But what I'm noticing is reactions. ComputerWorld collected some truly astonishing responses, and if you follow their links, it gets worse.
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