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Google amends Chrome license agreement after objections
Google will dump a section of the licensing agreement for its new Chrome browser after some Internet users objected to its copyright implications.Legal group releases guide to 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).The low-down on Open Source Law
Open Source Law founder, Brendan Scott, discusses the legal implications of FOSS in Australian government and enterprise organisations.Report: Number of GPL v3 projects tops 2,000
The number of open-source projects that use the GNU General Public License Version 3 has grown to more than 2,000, according to Palamida, which sells software and services for tracking open-source code within a customer's code base.Linus Torvalds still sticking with GPL 2
Linux creator Linus Torvalds, in an interview being made public by the Linux Foundation Tuesday, stressed that version 2 of the GPL (GNU General Public License) still makes the most sense for the Linux kernel over the newer GPL version 3.FSF finalizes GPL-based license for Web services
The Free Software Foundation has published a new open-source software license aimed at developers whose code is used for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.
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