The GNU GPLv2 Sec. 2 (c) requires people who modify the interactive program released under that license to cause it to print or display legal notices, but they can change where and how it displays ...

A German court lends some weight to the important open-source license, the legal foundation of Linux but an agreement that hasn't been interpreted by courts. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

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 ...

More than two dozen of the most prolific Linux kernel programmers dislike a proposed update to the General Public License, which governs many open-source projects. Out of 29 kernel coders, 28 rated ...

GPL is unable to meet its current peak demand of 180 MW as generators have broken down and instead of sourcing new ones the government was preoccupied with the gas-to-energy project, according to ...

In a recent article in Integrated Communications Design, Mike Downing interviews Curt Schacker, vice president of corporate marketing for Wind River Systems. In the interview, Schacker expresses his ...

Jeff Haynie reached a crossroads last summer. Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator, a firm that develops open source cross-platform application development software, made a decision filled with implications ...