Bradley Kuhn makes a better world through software freedom
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| Bradley Kuhn is one of the founding team members of the Software Freedom Law
| Center, and a longtime advocate for the cause of Free Software. Many consider
| him one of the most influential voices in the worldwide FLOSS community.
| Kuhn, formerly the executive director of the Free Software Foundation, took
| some time recently to catch us up on his latest work.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/132573
SugarCRM CEO John Roberts tells us how his company developed (video)
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| SugarCRM Inc. was one of the first application-specific open source
| companies. It has gone from three employees to over 160 between 2004 and
| 2008. SugarCRM has taken some heat over its dual-licensing system. Roberts
| explains why this licensing scheme is a financial necessity for the company,
| and offers some excellent advice for people who want to start their own open
| source-based companies.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/132424
Related:
SugarCRM CEO John Roberts: On-Demand Dynamics Are Changing
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| "We wrote SugarCRM from scratch and then released it on open source -- that
| means we are able to indemnify our customers, which is an important issue in
| open source. Right now, we are using the GPL version 3, which is one of the
| best licenses out there," said SugarCRM CEO John Roberts.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60949.html
A Quick Guide to GPLv3
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html
Mark Webbink On: GPLv3
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| This week Mark Webbink, former Red Hat General Counsel discusses the GPLv3
| and talks about the limits of sharing, the mellowing out of Linus Torvalds,
| and issues with the LGPLv3.
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http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2007/10/26/mark-webbink-on-gplv3/#comments
Why does Microsoft seem scared of GPLv3?
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| Microsoft is extremely keen to avoid "legal debate" over whether its recent
| partnerships with Linux firms such as Novell, Xandros, and Linspire, mean
| Redmond must assume any of the new licenses' legal obligations.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Why-does-Microsoft-seem-scared-of-GPLv3-/0,130061733,339279673,00.htm
FSF Says GPLv3 Means Microsoft Patent Protection for All
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| Microsoft's covenant not to sue users of Novell's SUSE Linux
| Enterprise will be extended to all General Public License v3
| users as soon as Novell includes GPLv3 code within its Linux
| distribution, according to the Free Software Foundation.
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http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=E86B6EA6-EC51-43DF-A305-9939E5829EFC
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