GPLv3 Crosses the 50 Percent Threshhold | Linux Today

GPLv3 Crosses the 50 Percent Threshhold

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Matt Asay
Aug 14, 2007

“This just in from Palamida: roughly 50 percent of active
projects licensed under the GPL are now GPLv3. In just one month.
That’s huge.

“How does Palamida reach this number? Keeping in mind that the
total number of projects on Sourceforge is actually poor context to
determine the number of useful, living projects that you or I care
about…”

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