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Linux license overhaul--don't hold your breath
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.
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Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation
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.
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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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Defender of the GPL
January 19, 2006
Free Software Foundation's attorney explains how Hollywood and TiVo use GPL now--and how they might use the next version.
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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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Overhaul of GPL set for public release
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.
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GPL3 first public draft due early 2006
August 10, 2005
Release should lead to debate of near-religious fervor over future of license that governs much free and open-source software.
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