FSF changes GPLv3 endgame

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 28, 2007 1:22 AM EDT
Linux.com; By Bruce Byfield
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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is changing the final process of writing the third version of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3). Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF, says that the reasons for the change are the extensive revisions in the next draft and the need "to get the community back involved in the process" as it reaches a climax. The revisions deal with issues raised by the recent Novell-Microsoft deal, and by the community about language in the license about patents and digital rights management (DRM).

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