The right to remove digital rights management controls and patent protection for free and open-source software users is an important provision in the General Public License version 3, said the Free ...

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A couple weeks ago, the Linux Foundation released a podcast interview with Linus Torvalds that, among other topics, touched on if or when Linux would "upgrade" from the GPLv2 license to the new GPLv3 ...

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Charlie Babcock's GPLv3 story hit this morning. It's an interesting and thoughtful read, and goes to the heart of one of the big disagreements in open source: how far can a license go in seeking to ...

Microsoft Corp. yesterday rejected the idea that its deal last year with Novell Inc. ties it to the new General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) and said it will not support any software distributed ...

The fourth and final draft of version 3 the GNU General Public License was released by the Free Software Foundation late Thursday. The GPLv3 addresses multiple issues central to the debate over patent ...

The Free Software Foundation has released the fourth or “last-call” draft of the third version of its GNU general public license, set a date for its official publication, and laid out reasons why the ...

Some open-source developers believe that the upcoming GNU GPLv3 will be good for open-source software, but they are concerned about its patent and digital rights management provisions. A recent poll ...

Since its release this June, GPLv3 certainly seems to have taken on the role of baby Damien within the open source licensing world. Sure, it's cute and cuddly at first glance, but behind its deep blue ...