Is it legal to sell GPL software? Your email has been sent Marco Fioretti answers a TechRepublic member's questions about charging fees for software that's made ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The Software Freedom Law Center files suit--and could roil the waters for more folks than just the single defendant. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

It’s always good when respected open source luminaries such as Matt Asay begin to question long-held open source software truths. Matt wonders whether the GNU General Public License (GPL) is “an ...

I've criticized aspects of the open source movement before. Okay, to be honest, more of my arrows have been aimed at the free software movement than the open source movement, but that's a question of ...

Now that the “Final Draft” of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) is out I thought it would be a good time to take a look at some of the least well understood provisions in the license.

Next time you open a fortune cookie, consider making it more entertaining. Read the fortune aloud and follow it with the words “in bed.” It completely changes the meaning and adds some after-dinner ...