2006 Linux and free software timeline: November [LWN.net]

Why would a company that depends on goodwill from a distributed development community spend so much time bragging on how they have managed to transgress the community's cooperation norms, and the spirit of the key legal charter that reflects those norms, without violating the letter of that charter? Most people who find loopholes just exploit them quietly without putting up the "Open Letter: Neener, Neener, We Found a Loophole" and "FAQ on the Loophole we Found (Neener, Neener)" web pages.

-- Don Marti

Novell and Microsoft announce their deal involving patent payments in both directions (press release).

Josh Triplett becomes the maintainer for sparse, the static analysis tool written by Linus Torvalds (article).

gNewSense 1.0 is released with an endorsement from the Free Software Foundation (press release).

Adobe donates its ActionScript Virtual Machine code to Mozilla as free software (press release).

Forgent stops asserting its JPEG patent claims (Groklaw).

Google pledges to donate $20,000 to the Samba project - every year (announcement).

In a sense you could say anybody who has got Linux in their data center today sort of has an undisclosed balance sheet liability, because it's not just Microsoft patents. Because of the way open-source works, there's nobody who's been able to do patent coverage or patent indemnification behind that.

-- Steve Ballmer

The OpenMoko phone is announced; it is Linux-powered and runs nearly all free software (press release).

Sun announces plans to release Java under the GPL, finally (press release).

Open Firmware is released under the BSD license (article).

The OpenBSD Atheros driver gets a clean bill of health from the Software Freedom Law Center (announcement).

The Fedora Project holds a summit, deciding to merge Core and Extras and extend the support period, among other things (wiki).

The first OLPC beta-1 systems arrive (photos).

Ubuntu announces plans to install proprietary drivers by default in the upcoming Feisty Fawn distribution (report).

The Freedom Task Force launches as a way to encourage GPL compliance in Europe (press release).

It's one of those rare "perfect" kernels. So if it doesn't happen to compile with your config (or it does compile, but then does unspeakable acts of perversion with your pet dachshund), you can rest easy knowing that it's all your own d*mn fault, and you should just fix your evil ways.

-- Linus Torvalds

Red Hat announces plans to move to the New York Stock Exchange (press release).

The 2.6.19 kernel is released (announcement).

The Free Ryzom Campaign launches in an attempt to buy a free multiplayer online game for the community (announcement).

October

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