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Subject: Overhaul of GPL set for public release (slightly OT)

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 06:56:45 01/11/06


I saw this, and no doubt there will be many other articles. As many works here
fall under the GPL, I figured this was only slightly OT.

http://news.com.com/Overhaul+of+GPL+set+for+public+release/2100-7344-6025310.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703

"A major revamp of the General Public License is scheduled for public release
next week, a move that's expected to kick off a long and vocal debate over the
key foundation of open-source programming.

The Free Software Foundation will release and describe the first public draft of
version 3 of the document on Jan. 16, at the First International Conference on
GPLv3 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the organization said.

FSF founder Richard Stallman released the current version 2 in 1991. Since then,
it's been used to govern Linux, Samba, MySQL and thousands of other open-source
projects. The new version is expected to address a host of technology issues
that have arisen in the last 15 years, including patent issues and software
running on a remote server.

The GPL is a seminal work. It's not just a legal document, but also a manifesto
of the free software movement and its offshoot, the open-source movement."



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