Perens Lashes Out at Claims GPL 3 Brings Legal Risks | Linux Today

Perens Lashes Out at Claims GPL 3 Brings Legal Risks

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 10, 2007

“Open-source developer and evangelist Bruce Perens has
scathingly dismissed claims by a lawyer for the Association for
Competitive Technology that the latest draft of Version 3 of the
GNU General Public License brings legal risks.

“‘Let’s make it clear that [ACT] is Microsoft’s lobbying front
and that they are going to paint as negative a picture as they
can,’ Perens told eWEEK in an interview…”

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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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