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Govt Told to Drop Deal with Microsoft by Myk Gumapos — last modified 2007-03-19 03:24 PM

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) has urged the government to annul its recent deal with U.S. giant software producer Microsoft for the use of the latter's software in state offices and institutions.

Samba asks Novell to scuttle Microsoft deal by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-27 10:02 AM

The Novell/Microsoft agreement has upset and offended quite a few members of the free software community. The Samba team has issued a statement asking Novell to undo the patent agreement, and the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is negotiating with Novell on their behalf.

Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 02:23 PM

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Supporters of the free PC operating system Linux are preparing to counter a recent Microsoft Corp. deal which established for the first time the principle of paying the software giant to use Linux.

Software Freedom Law Center Launches Conservancy by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:39 PM

Software Freedom Conservancy offers nonprofit umbrella protections to free and open source projects

GPL Version 3 Draft Released by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:38 PM

Draft of GPL Version 3 released. New version includes additional measures to protect software freedom from digital rights management and software patents.

New Law Center Founded to Assist Open Source Software Developers by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:37 PM

Software Freedom Law Center to be led by noted IP lawyer and professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University – initial funding support from Open Source Development Labs

IOSN Releases Draft Primer on Free/Open Source Software Licensing for Public Review by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:35 PM

IOSN has produced a primer on Free/Open Source Software Licensing and an early pre-copyedited draft of the primer is now available for public review and feedback.

Motion in Munich: EU Software Patent Plans Jeopardise Linux Migration by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:33 PM

When the city administration of Munich decided to migrate its IT infrastructure to the Linux operating system, it made headline news around the world. That project is now threatened by software patents.

Public Patent Foundation: Linux potentially infringes 283 patents by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 01:29 PM

Linux potentially infringes 283 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation.

Court Confirms GPL Valid in Germany by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2006-11-23 12:58 PM

The Heise reports that a recent court order, affirms that the GPL is valid in Germany.