http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/850/all xx http://www.itworld.com/open-source/54422/legal-group-releases-guide-gpl-compliance The Software Freedom Law Center, which provides legal help to the free and open-source software community, has released a detailed document that describes how users and vendors can ensure they are in compliance with the open-source GNU General Public License (GPL) . http://www.itworld.com/open-source/54422/legal-group-releases-guide-gpl-compliance#comments Development Open Source News GPL Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:46:23 -0400 ITworld staff 54422 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/53597/red-hat-releases-details-firestar-patent-deal In an unprecedented move, Linux vendor Red Hat has published the legal details of a patent-infringement settlement it made last month with Firestar and DataTern. http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/53597/red-hat-releases-details-firestar-patent-deal#comments Open Source Operating systems News GPL licensing Linux patents Red Hat Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:06:31 -0400 ITworld staff 53597 at http://www.itworld.com