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ACM Software System Award Given to seL4 Microkernel
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The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later
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DoD FAQ: Is Open Source Software Commercial Software? Yes.
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Richard Hipp Speaks Out on SQLite (2019) [pdf]
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Win for Open-Source Legally: Settlement Reached in Stockfish vs. ChessBase
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ChessBase and Stockfish end their legal dispute
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Rakuten Mobile is replacing Red Hat as its Linux OS supplier
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Vectis IP Announces Call for Patents Essential to the Opus codec
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The Fedora Project Remains Community Driven
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Stockfish vs. ChessBase, Round 1
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We won the battle for Linux, but we're losing the battle for freedom (2016)
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OSI to the European Commission: make space for patent-free standards too
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This was the first step in the interview process at Canonical – I withdrew
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The DoD is prioritizing open source software
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Guidance on Software Development and Open Source Software [pdf]
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The FSF’s relationship with firmware is harmful to free software users
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Keeping POWER relevant in the open source world
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Apache PLC4X announcing end of community support due to missing funding
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The Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation
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Fat Fritz is not the Only Ripoff and now ChessBase is Getting Sued
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Our lawsuit against ChessBase
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OpenPOWER Foundation announces LibreBMC, a POWER-based, fully open-source BMC
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SCO Linux FUD returns from the dead
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Stockfish developer statement on Fat Fritz 2
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Red Hat ported OpenJDK to 64-bit ARM: A community history
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A dedicated licence for open-source hardware: CERN OHL approved by OSI
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CentOS Linux is ending because Red Hat refused to invest in it
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LibreSSL Languishes on Linux
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Why FSF Endorsing PureOS Matters
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OpenWrt Joins Software Freedom Conservancy
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Windows XP source code has leaked
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Post-Open Source
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The SeL4 Foundation: What and Why
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Software-dependent devices: do they now need expiration dates?
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Microsoft urged: Open-source Windows 7 to 'undo past wrongs'
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Goodbye with Love
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Software architects should be involved in earliest system engineering activities
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For Sale: Free Operating System (1998)
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We Need to Save What Made Linux and FOSS Possible
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The FreedomBox enables you to control your view of the internet
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The Cloud is Just Another Sun [video]
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The potential risk to ZFS created by the shift in its userbase
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Oracle v. Google and the future of software development
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Twenty Years of Open Source Erlang: A Retrospective from the trenches
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OpenZFS vs. Btrfs and other file systems (2017)
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Thoughts on Microsoft Joining OIN's Patent Non-Aggression Pact
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The future of Java and OpenJDK updates without Oracle support
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Java is still available at zero-cost
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Redis is not “open core”
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Free Software Needs Free Tools (2010)
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Bruce Perens Seeks Mandatory Award of Legal Fees vs. Open Source Security Inc
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The rise and fall of Limux
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Red Hat Announces Broad Expansion to Open Source Patent Promise
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The sudden death and eternal life of Solaris
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Moving Java Forward Faster
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The road to Java 9: Modular Java finally gets OK'd
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ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution
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IBM and Red Hat to Vote “No” on Java Modules (Jigsaw)
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A discussion of Fedora’s legal state
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Free Software Foundation Priority Projects
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Qubes OS Begins Commercialization and Community Funding Efforts
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Time Is Running Out for NTP
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"Solaris being canned, at least 50% of teams to be RIF'd in short term"
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Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice
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We won the battle for Linux, but we're losing the battle for freedom
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Jigsaw Finally Arrives in JDK 9
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MAME is now Free and Open Source Software
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Cleanflight Flight Control Software
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Size isn't everything for the modest creator of SQLite (2007)
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Why I fought for open source in the Air Force
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Today's world is amd64, armv7, and soon aarch64. Everything else is dead
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Debian Dropping the Linux Standard Base
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Google and Microsoft make patent peace
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LibreSSL on Gentoo
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Ubuntu and open source help the City of Munich save millions
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The city of Munich switches to Open Source Software
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Microsoft FAT patent loss endangers its Android revenue
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Cisco to release BSD-licensed H.264 stack
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One VM to Rule Them All [pdf]
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The lack of proper “alter table” support in SQLite
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Red Hat ditches MySQL, switches to MariaDB
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Oracle Discontinues Free Java Time Zone Updates
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Oracle makes move to kill open source MySQL
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RIP Open Source MySQL
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A billion thanks to the open source community from Red Hat
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Microsoft milks Casio for using Linux
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Putin Orders Russian Move to GNU/Linux
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The ASF Resigns From the JCP Executive Committee
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Apache loses Java showdown vote to Oracle
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Canonical, Ltd. On Record: Seeking Open Core
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Google responds aggressively to Oracle Java suit
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The Oracle-Google Mess
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Lead OGG Dev Responds to Jobs Jibes
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VMware: the new Redis home
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Programmer Destroys Seven Billion Dollar Industry With A Single Software Application
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Software that supports your body should always respect your freedom
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When Linux Spooked Microsoft: Remembering 1998's Leaked 'Halloween Documents'
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Apertus – Open-Source Camera
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What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it
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OpenWRT turns 20; wants to launch their "first upstream supported" design
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The things nobody wants to pay for
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Twenty years of my work with Arm architecture
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EFF to Ninth Circuit: No Software Exception to Traditional Copyright Limits
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Garnet – A new remote cache-store from Microsoft Research
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The race to replace Redis
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Redis is forked
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Valkey Is Rapidly Overtaking Redis
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