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GPL 3 release set for Friday
June 28, 2007 Free Software Foundation is set to release next version of open-source license more than three months after initial deadline.Opening up an open-source roadblock
February 21, 2007 If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says.Bringing free software to the masses
April 13, 2006 Peter Brown of the Free Software Foundation hopes to "get the message of free software outside the hacker world."So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
April 30, 2007 James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems.Sticking points in the new GPL
July 3, 2007 How far is too far when it comes to the freedom of software? Plus: Palm slipping, Windows sliding.Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft
July 25, 2007 Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says.Eben Moglen's (slightly) lower profile
May 11, 2007 The law school professor says he'll continue his advocacy of open source, but wants to step out of the limelight.Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
April 9, 2007 Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics.Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
September 20, 2006 Open Source Development Labs calls for explanation of how to mix code governed by current and next GPL.New draft of GPL 3
July 27, 2006 The Free Software Foundation has released a new draft of the controversial version 3 of the General Public License.Samba will move to GPLv3
July 9, 2007 The Free Software Foundation's new license gets a major endorsement from a major server software project.GPL likely to regain Apache compatibility
May 10, 2007 Final GPL 3 liable to be compatible with the Apache License, lowering barriers between open-source projects.MySQL sticks with current GPL for now
January 4, 2007 Waiting for "general acceptance" of General Public License version 3, MySQL keeps open-source database tied to current version.FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims
September 27, 2006 Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features.GPL getting tougher on patent deals
March 28, 2007 Version 3 to block next Microsoft-Novell handshake? Latest draft aims to "prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software."Which way, open-sourcers?
September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities.Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL
February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says.New GPL draft due Wednesday
March 26, 2007 A third draft of the dominant open-source license is due Wednesday, and the final is due 90 days afterward.Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad
February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes.Top Linux programmers pan GPL 3
September 25, 2006 High-ranking kernel coders join Torvalds in opposing the new license draft; some say it could harm open source. Sponsored matches for "Free Software Foundation"
