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GPL 'minimises risks of open source'
News Eben Moglen, a prominent open source software lawyer, argued that legal risks from using free and open source software have been minimised by the GPL. He said that many of the potential risks to users of free and open source software are misplaced...
[November 3, 2005, 8:55]
GPL 3 plans unveiled
News The Free Software Foundation has revealed the timeline for the creation of the next version of the GPL, the most widely used free software license. The first draft of GPL 3 will be published at a conference that is taking place on 16 and 17 January...
[December 1, 2005, 11:10]
Symbian, GPL tension and 'bright lines'
Blog It's an interesting read, but my editor noticed a disparity between two statements of Wood's, viz: a straight reading of the GPL says if you link to other software then that other software falls under the same licence.in reference to why Symbian...
[October 23, 2008, 17:14]
GPL 3 debate begins in earnest
News The Free Software Foundation on Monday released the first public discussion draft of the GPL version three, shedding light on proposed reforms to the document's patent and digital rights management provisions.
[January 17, 2006, 8:50]
GPL: An update is on the horizon
News Releasing a new licence in 2006 or even 2007 may seem a long way off, but it's not when compared with the 100-year planning horizon of GPL creator and FSF founder Richard Stallman, Moglen said. The heart of the operating system is governed by a...
[February 14, 2005, 14:45]
GPL, EPL, bloody 'ell
Talkback For those of you wondering how to explain some of Wood's remarks about the GPL and the EPL, check out a subsequent blog post here, in which he addresses the issue.
[October 23, 2008, 17:19]
GPL loses ground in open-source development
News The GNU General Public Licence is falling in popularity, looking at all the versions of the GPL as a whole, according to figures released on Tuesday by Black Duck. The company found that the GPL was the most popular open-source licence, used by...
[July 1, 2009, 17:37]
GPL 3 to take hard line on DRM
News At a two-day event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to launch the GPL version three, which governs use of countless free and open source programs, Moglen said the license includes anti-DRM provisions that could put it in conflict with movie studios...
[January 19, 2006, 9:00]
GPL 3 may contain patent retaliation clause
News The next version of the GPL may contain a clause to penalise companies that use software patents against free software. GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January 2006, may contain a patent retaliation clause, Georg Greve, the...
[September 6, 2005, 18:10]
GPL clamps down on patent deals
News In [the third] draft, we have worked hard to prevent such deals from making a mockery of free software," Richard Stallman, president of the FSF and principal author of the GPL, said in a statement on Wednesday.
[March 29, 2007, 9:18]
GPL 3 draft 'by early 2006'
News The first draft of the next version of the GPL should be released for public comments in early 2006, according to a key player in the effort to modernise the foundation of the free and open source programming movements.
[August 10, 2005, 9:35]
GPL 3 may tackle Web loophole
News The next version of the GPL may tackle the issue of Web companies using free software in commercial Web-based applications but are not distributing the source code. At present, companies that distribute GPL-licensed software must make the source...
[September 27, 2005, 18:25]
GPL to get a makeover
News But the GPL is different. GPL author Richard Stallman says he's working on amendments that could deal better with software patents; clarify how GPL software may be used in some networked environments and on carefully controlled hardware; and lower...
[December 23, 2004, 15:10]
Fortinet settles GPL violation suit
Talkback Whenever you read an article by Laura Didio of Yankee Group or Rob Enderle they cleary point out the GPL never have been tested in court. Thes guys must be really stupid. So why do thay comply? Or could it be that these analysts doesn't know what...
[April 26, 2005, 19:26]
The GPL keeps the bastards honest
Talkback Most of their technology belongs to the copyright owners of that software, who have chosen to licence it under the GPL and sundry other open source licences. This is the 'safety-valve' that the GPL guarantees.
[January 18, 2009, 16:24]
GPL it!
Talkback If you don't want to control it, GPL it! ".the entire purpose of taking this format into a standards-based environment is to avoid this" Note refers to 'standards-based' rather than 'open standards-based'.
[August 31, 2007, 15:38]
German court convicts Skype of GPL breach
News In response to legal action from the gpl-violations.org project, a website run by software developer Harald Welte, Skype included a flyer in the package giving a web link to the source code, but it was still not strictly in compliance with GPLv2...
[July 25, 2007, 16:04]
Sun rises on GPL 3 for Linus?
Blog RMS:"Let's go to GPL 3" I wonder how this links to the current and rapidly rising interest in Sun's ZFS filing system, which is looking like a really good thing, is open source, is going to be part of Mac OS X Leopard, but is on an incompatible...
[June 11, 2007, 14:43]
Fortinet settles GPL violation suit
Talkback So, not only were they knowledgeable of their GPL violation, but they deliberately and purposefully attempted to hide it. That, friends, is called LYING. If Microsoft's licenses had been violated so flagrantly by someone, that someone would have...
[April 26, 2005, 19:03]
GPL 3 to take hard line on DRM
Talkback I agree with what they are saying and trying to accomplish, but I am not sure whether this will not do more harm than good for the GPL and OSS. But I am not sure the GPL is the right forum for expressing this.
[January 19, 2006, 10:34]
