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Submission + - Sourceforge used for non-FOSS?

Submitted by

einhverfr

on Monday April 09, 2007 @09:11PM

einhverfr writes: "Recently the argument over SQL-Ledger's change of license has taken an interesting turn. Apparently people who feel that this is no longer open source or free software have filed a complaint with Sourceforge asking that the project's mailing list and hosting be shut down. Sourceforge's response seems to be that since the developer isn't actually hosting the packages on Sourceforge anymore, that this is within the terms of use. Some seem to note that this would allow any proprietary software vendor to use Sourceforge for non-Free projects as long as they don't actually host the downloads there. What do you think? Where should the line be drawn?"

Debian 4.0 'Etch' Released 245

Posted by Zonk on Monday April 09, 2007 @01:20AM from the etch-up-me-harties dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier today we discussed the possibility that Debian Etch might be released soon. Well, according to debian.org, it has already happened. Etch has been released: 'The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.1 of the LSB.'"

Submission + - Debian 4.0 "Etch" Released

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08, 2007 @11:09PM

An anonymous reader writes: A few hours ago Slashdot announced that Etch might be released within the next 12 hours, well according to debian.org, it has happened. Etch has been released

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development.
Sweet.

Submission + - Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

Submitted by

r00tman

on Sunday April 08, 2007 @10:02PM

r00tman writes: "The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.1 of the LSB."

Journal Journal: LedgerSMB 1.2 released, SQL-Ledger changes licenses

Journal by einhverfr on Sunday April 08, 2007 @02:13PM

SQL-Ledger changed its license away from the GPL to a license that many of us feel meets neither the FSF's definition of Free Software nor the OSI's definition of Open Source. Perhaps the reason is that DWS is afraid of the competition.

Submission + - SQL-Ledger relicenced to non-free licence

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 07, 2007 @04:43PM

An anonymous reader writes: After over seven years under the GPL, SQL-Ledger has switched to a home-grown, non-free licence: the SQL-Ledger Open Source License. This new licence came into effect when version 2.8.0 was released, and contains terms that appear to have been written to remove the ability for a fork to happen to the new series.

Could it be that the recent fork of LedgerSMB was too popular for the author of SQL-Ledger?

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