Free Software Magazine: GPLv3: Do We Really Need It? | Linux Today

Free Software Magazine: GPLv3: Do We Really Need It?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 14, 2007

“I assume that people who read freesoftwaremagazine.com will
most likely be aware of the fact that the Free Software Foundation
is working on an update to the GPL version 3. If you’re not, a
number of articles and blog posts have been written on the subject.
But with the Linux kernel developers stating that they oppose many
of the changes, and with some people licensing software explicitly
as ‘GPLv2’ rather than ‘GPLv2, or any later version,’ one could
wonder whether the whole update effort makes any sense…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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