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February 14, 2005 General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle. TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, open source, LinuxWorld, license, Free Software Foundation, GNU, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., open-source software, operating system

January 17, 2006 Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder." TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, Free Software Foundation, software patent, Bruce Perens, open source, open-source software, founder, IBM Corp., Linux, forum

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

January 19, 2006 Free Software Foundation's attorney explains how Hollywood and TiVo use GPL now--and how they might use the next version. TAGS: GPL, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, transformation, evolution, license, environment, Hollywood, TiVo Inc., IBM Corp., Linux

January 11, 2006 The Free Software Foundation will launch its first public draft of version 3 of the General Public License, beginning a likely long and vocal debate. TAGS: GPL, Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, draft, open source, license, remote server, document, IBM Corp., server

January 18, 2006 Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen says the updated GPL may put open-source products in conflict with movie studios and Tivo. TAGS: GPL, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, Richard Stallman, digital-rights management, TiVo Inc., provision, open source, Hollywood, movie, Linux, IBM Corp., operating system

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

December 23, 2004 The license that forms the legal underpinnings of Linux--and a software industry revolution--is being updated for the first time since 1991. TAGS: GPL, Trusted Computing, license, Richard Stallman, source code, foundation, open source, Bill Gates, open-source software, Web service, attorney, programming, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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