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Using the GPL for Eclipse Plug-Ins: by Brett Smith — published Apr 06, 2010 — last modified Apr 30, 2010 11:20 AM — filed under: Licensing
Recently we've seen some questions about whether Eclipse plug-ins can be released under the GPL. Answered briefly, this is possible if you can provide an additional permission with the license to allow combining your plug-in with the necessary EPL-covered libraries. The rest of this post examines why an additional permission is necessary, and has specific recommendations for interested developers.
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FSF Advocates Free Software for U.S. IPEC Joint Strategic Plan: by Brett Smith — published Mar 25, 2010 — last modified Apr 12, 2010 03:26 PM
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FSF Opposes More Copyright Enforcement in Joint Strategic Plan: by Brett Smith — published Mar 24, 2010 — last modified Apr 12, 2010 03:15 PM
The United States' newly-created "Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator" asked for public comments on a Joint Strategic Plan to make copyright enforcement more effective. The FSF submitted an argument that the government should adopt free software and encourage its use elsewhere to provide more freedom to computer users and reduce the need for such enforcement. The full text of the comment appears below.
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FSF submits comment in USTR Special 301 Review: by Brett Smith — published Feb 17, 2010 — last modified Mar 12, 2010 10:06 AM
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FSF submits comment in USTR Special 301 Review: by Brett Smith — published Feb 17, 2010 — last modified May 17, 2010 04:44 PM
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FSF Comment for the USTR's 2010 Special 301 Review: by Brett Smith — published Feb 17, 2010 — last modified Feb 17, 2010 11:02 AM
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Free Software Foundation files new objection to amended Google Book Search settlement: by Brett Smith — published Feb 01, 2010 — last modified Apr 01, 2010 04:19 PM
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FSF announces new bounty program, offering "GNU Bucks" for finding nonfree works in free distributions: by Brett Smith — published Oct 01, 2009 — last modified Jul 29, 2013 02:57 PM
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Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement: by Brett Smith — published Sep 08, 2009 — last modified Sep 08, 2009 03:26 PM
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Microsoft's Empty Promise: by Brett Smith — published Jul 16, 2009 — last modified Jul 16, 2009 06:21 PM
Last week, Microsoft extended the terms of their Community Promise to implementations of the ECMA 334 and 335 standards. You might think this means it's safe to write your software in C#. However, this promise is full of loopholes, and it's nowhere near enough to make C# safe.
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