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GPL Aftermath Part 1: Commercial Support, ExtJS

As a follow up of my Why GPL? Or: How the GPL eats the kittens it protects post, I’d like to discuss a few comments and explain some misconceptions, my own...

10 replies - 2188 views - 09/08/08 by joern.zaefferer in Articles

Why GPL? Or How the GPL Eats the Kittens it Protects

The GNU Public License is the best known for its viral aspects. Among the prominent GPL licensed software is of course the Linux core and MySQL. Recent...

12 replies - 2029 views - 09/03/08 by joern.zaefferer in Articles

Sun is using the GPL as a weapon...but against whom and for what purpose?

As part of my work on the Java Swing Builder project (which is released under the business-friendly Apache 2.0 license) I've run into at least two cases...

32 replies - 3661 views - 08/19/08 by Jacek in News

Are You At Risk? Abrupt OS License Changes

What do you do if you build your project with an open-source library, but that library then changes its license to one you cannot easily work with?

11 replies - 3783 views - 04/22/08 by Rick Ross in News