Open Source / GPL

"In a memorandum handed down from Department of the Navy CIO John Carey this week, the Navy is now mandated to consider open source solutions when making new software acquisitions. According John…

Companies should not fall for the temptations of purchasing a license for Microsoft's intellectual property with their open source applications because it allows the software giant to "divide and…

The Movable Type Open Source Project was announced in conjunction with the launch of the Movable Type 4 Beta on June 5th, 2007. The MTOS Project is a community and Six Apart driven project that…

Version 3 of the GNU General Public License will soon be finished, enabling free software packages to upgrade from GPL version 2. This article explains why upgrading the license is important.…

Democracy Player (soon to be renamed Miro), an Open Source Video Application (www.getdemocracy.com) based in Worcester, MA, was awarded $15,000 for its focus on using online video technology to…

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today released the fourth and “last call” draft for version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), the world's most widely used free software license.…

The market for standalone open source software (OSS) is in a significant growth stage, a new study from IDC reveals. Adoption of OSS will accelerate over the forecast period of 2007 through 2011…

A University of Liverpool mathematician claims 30-year-old open source software has cracked the equation that will allow scientists to make objects - such as humans, tanks or even entire islands…

One of the highlights of my visit to San Diego for the Red Hat Summit was the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with Professor Eben Moglen. From that interview, we have selected six segments on…

"Lately I have been investigating 3D game engines. I was mostly paying attention to open source engines like Ogre3d, Irrlicht, Crystal Space 3D, and the like. Then I found out about cheap Indie…