Free Software Licensing [Part 1 & 2] | Linux Today

Free Software Licensing [Part 1 & 2]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 29, 2007

From Part 1:

“The free software movement’s most important license–version
three of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3) was unveiled by the
Free Software Foundation (FSF) late last month. It comes roughly 16
years after its wildly successful predecessor, GPL, became one of
the most used software licenses ever. Today, about three quarters
of the world’s free software packages are distributed under
GPLv2.

“GPLv3 has some big shoes to fill…”

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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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