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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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, draft, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, executive director, Novell Inc., open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

May 23, 2007 Open-source legal expert is bullish about the prospects for the upcoming new version of the General Public License. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, open-source software, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, open source, professor, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, provision, community, open source, Richard Stallman, Linux

January 26, 2006 Linus Torvalds rejects the planned update to the seminal open-source license, citing its DRM provisions. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL 3, GPL, Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, Linux kernel, Linux, license, software development, founder, open source, IBM Corp.

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." TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, draft, Novell Inc., Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Linux kernel, patent, freedom, open source, open-source software, Linux, digital-rights management, agreement, Microsoft Corp.

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, foundation, GNU, license, Free Software Foundation, Linux kernel, provision, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

August 10, 2005 Release should lead to debate of near-religious fervor over future of license that governs much free and open-source software. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, GNU, open source, Unix, open-source software, Novell Inc., license, Linux, San Francisco, discussion

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