After years of requests and debates, Sun Microsystems is ready to release Java source code under a Linux-friendly license. On Monday, it plans to put the code for the programming software under the ...

I’ve had GPL and licensing review processes in development organizations I’ve managed, and that was done with only a tiny fraction of the resources Microsoft has to make sure their software is in ...

The Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation says the organization wants to make the General Public License (GPL) compatible with the Apache License. A while back we took a look at the ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

I started to consider the reasons why open source vendors select the GPL after ESR wrote: The GPL may be a community-building signaling device, but it is also a confession of fear and weakness. To ...

Open source has gone from a curiosity in the enterprise to a welcome and valuable addition. It’s not just invaluable to enterprise IT; it’s also a philosophy that’s changed software and IT. But ...