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GPLv2 or GPLv3?: Inside the Debate

By Bruce Byfield

“The third version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) won’t
be released until the end of June. Yet, already, it is proving one
of the most controversial developments ever in the free and open
source software (FOSS)communities.

“Some question whether a new version of the GPL, the license for
an estimated 75% of free software projects, is needed at
all…”

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