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Reaction to the Free Software Foundation's upcoming revision of the GNU Public License (GPLv3) has been mixed so far, with many participants taking a wait-and-see attitude while others (such as Linux ...

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The Free Software Foundation has released the fourth or “last-call” draft of the third version of its GNU general public license, set a date for its official publication, and laid out reasons why the ...

Charlie Babcock's GPLv3 story hit this morning. It's an interesting and thoughtful read, and goes to the heart of one of the big disagreements in open source: how far can a license go in seeking to ...

Microsoft Corp. yesterday rejected the idea that its deal last year with Novell Inc. ties it to the new General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) and said it will not support any software distributed ...

This is Thursday’s IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft squirms out of GPLv3’s clutches, perhaps. Not to mention William Shatner “singing” Rocket Man… It all began, when Microsoft last week “clarified” ...

Initial reactions to the latest proposed draft of a popular license for FOSS (free and open source software) have been wide-ranging, with the changes winning some kind words from the creator of Linux ...

Is the GPL forking itself? That's what Mark Lewis of EMC believes and, to the extent that he's correct, it's a serious problem. Matt Asay Contributing Writer Matt Asay is a veteran technology ...

The new version of the GNU software license, which will be nailed down during a two-year modification process, will be called GPLv3. A first stab at the new license, dubbed a discussion draft, will be ...

Much of the focus and fight over the next draft of the GNU general public license Version 3 (GPLv3) has centered on digital rights management (DRM) and patent provisions. However, GPLv3, which is ...