Free Software Magazine: How GPLv3 Addresses the EUCD and DMCA

“Draft 3 of GPLv3 should be out Real Soon Now, so I’d like to
review some of the topics. I couldn’t find a thorough explanation
of how GPLv3 will deal with the ‘anti-circumvention’ clauses of the
DMCA and it’s EU counterpart, the the EUCD (see Article 6), so
here’s my layperson understanding.

“These laws harm society in a number of ways. Some general
information can be found on FSFE’s EUCD page but here I just want
to look at how these laws could cause problems for free software
developers and distributors, and what free software licences can do
about them…”

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