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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 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 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 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, 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 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]
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 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 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]
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 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]
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]
Next-to-last GPL 3 draft due this week
News A new phase of wrangling over the future of the dominant open source licence, the General Public License (GPL), is set to begin on Wednesday and to end 90 days afterward. The third discussion draft of GPL version 3 is scheduled for release at 0700...
[March 27, 2007, 9:14]
Sun may choose GPL for Solaris
News However, Sun this week chose the General Public License (GPL) for its open-source Java effort. During a meeting with employees on Monday, Rich Green, Sun's executive vice president of software, said the GPL is a possibility for Solaris as well.
[November 15, 2006, 9:21]
Java released under the GPL
News In a development that could shake up the software industry, Sun is releasing the Java programming language under the General Public License (GPL). In the case of Java SE [Java Standard Edition], we're enhancing [the GPL] with the classpath...
[November 13, 2006, 8:03]
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]
GPL 3 to take hard line on DRM
Talkback Following the GPL into battle with GP2x" in Good work Stallman and Moglen. About possible changes to the new draft. Moglen: What won't change is the ethics. What won't change is the commitment to users' freedoms.
[January 20, 2006, 8:02]
BT under fire over GPL 'violation'
News BT is in dispute with some in the open-source community over its use of GPL-licensed code in its Home Hub router. As reported earlier this week, BT was recently accused of violating the GPL through its use of open-source software within the Home Hub.
[January 26, 2007, 16:04]
