LWN: The LWN.net 2005 Linux and Free Software Timeline
Jan 05, 2006, 14:30 (0 Talkback[s])
"For eight years now, the editors at LWN.net have put together a
timeline highlighting the most important events of the last twelve
months. As always, it has been a busy year. Attacks against free
software continued in legislatures and the courts--but few have
been successful. Corporations began donating patents to the
community, some with more enthusiasm than others. The kernel
developers improved their process--and dealt with the abrupt loss
of their source code management system. SUSE development became
more open. SonyBMG gave us all a lesson on the importance of
control over our own computers. And so on.
"Most importantly, in 2005 the free software community kept on
hacking. The variety and quality of the resulting software is
simply amazing..."
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