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2005 Linux and free software timeline: October
Microsoft's FAT patents are rejected by the U.S. Patent Office. Don Marti steps down as editor of the Linux Journal (goodbye). Sun promises not to enforce any patents against OpenDocument - version 1.0, at least (statement).
The Better Desktop initiative launches (press release). The Nessus security scanner is relicensed and is no longer free software (roadmap). SUSE Linux 10.0 is released (announcement). Ubuntu 5.10 ("breezy") is released (announcement). A release plan for Debian 'etch' is posted; it calls for a release in December, 2006 (plan). Bob Young departs Red Hat (article).
The EFF decodes watermarks added by color printers (article).
Mandriva Linux 2006 is released.
Minix 3 is released (article). OSDL's Mobile Linux Initiative launches (press release). Microsoft posts a new set of "shared source" licenses, two of which even might qualify as free. MySQL 5.0 is released (announcement).
The Galeon developers give up; they will create Epiphany extensions instead (report). Open Source Risk Management offers "compliance insurance" for companies afraid of violating the GPL (article).
The Analog Content Security Preservation Act is proposed as yet another broadcast flag effort (EFF). The 2.6.14 kernel is released (announcement). The OpenEZX project launches to coordinate hacking on the Linux-powered Motorola A780 cellphone (project).
Wine 0.9 is released, declared ready for commercial testing (announcement).
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