GPL Violation: Microsoft's Code Generosity with Strange Taste
Jul 24, 2009Microsoft made headlines on July 20 with their release of a Hyper-V driver to the Linux kernel under GPL. Now it turns out that the driver violates the GPL free code stipulation by having a mix of proprietary and open source code.
more »Microsoft Releases Moodle Plugin under GPL
Jul 22, 2009Microsoft has again released code under GPLv2, this time the Live Services plugin Moodle.
more »Microsoft to Add Hyper-V Drivers to Linux Kernel
Jul 21, 2009What seemed impossible years ago could now become a reality: a Linux driver from Microsoft in the kernel.
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VFAT Patch to Bypass Patent Issue
Jun 30, 2009Developer Andrew Tridgell has made known that he devised a patch to avoid the possible patent issues with the VFAT filesystem in Linux.
more »Mono Discussion: Stallman Warns, Ubuntu Dismissive
Jun 29, 2009The introduction of Mono into Linux and the open source environment begs risking patent claims from Microsoft. Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman sees it that way. The Technical board at Ubuntu, on the other hand, doesn't consider it any reason to be disturbed.
more »LinuxTag 2009: Better Bad Drivers than None
Jun 29, 2009In the conference's traditional "Kernel Kwestioning" seminar this year in Berlin, 11 kernel developers addressed questions from the public. The result was that the panel of experts invited the entire community to send Linux drivers to the kernel mailing list, quality notwithstanding.
more »Multitouch with Kernel 2.6.30
Jun 16, 2009Linux and multitouch input also work without X.org and with help from the new Kernel 2.6.30. Three French students show how it's done.
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