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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.
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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.
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GPL 3 not expected to split free-software world
March 25, 2005
Despite open-source developers' concerns, Free Software Foundation's general counsel predicts no difficulty in moving to third version.
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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."
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Microsoft Corp.
GPL 3 may tackle Web loophole
September 27, 2005
Web companies may be forced to publish source code of any GPL-licensed software they're using for commercial services.
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FSF rebuts anti-GPL 3 claims
September 27, 2006
Free Software Foundation takes on prominent Linux programmers' complaints against new features.
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Eben Moglen predicts broad embrace of GPL 3
May 23, 2007
Open-source legal expert is bullish about the prospects for the upcoming new version of the General Public License.
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Microsoft Corp.
GPL 3 release could slip past March
February 12, 2007
New draft of revamped open-source General Public License is due soon, but final release schedule is open, FSF executive director says.
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Microsoft Corp.
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.
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Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3
June 29, 2007
The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions.
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Novell Inc.
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IBM Corp.
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.
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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.
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Chicago
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HP
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.
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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.
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New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns
March 29, 2007
Third draft of GPL version 3 eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell, and shows the Free Software Foundation is listening.
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Public debate on GPL 3 draft begins
January 16, 2006
Free Software Foundation releases the first public discussion draft of the General Public License version 3.
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Torvalds critical of new GPL draft
July 28, 2006
Linux leader maintains his objections to provisions against digital rights managment.
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Torvalds: No GPL 3 for Linux
January 26, 2006
Linus Torvalds rejects the planned update to the seminal open-source license, citing its DRM provisions.
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IBM Corp.
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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.
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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.
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