GPL 3: Pre-Release Buzz Centers on Patents, License Compatibility
The first public draft of GNU General Public License 3.0 will be released at an event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, and open-source software advocates are hoping that effective provisions for software patents as well as GPL compatibility with other licenses will be prominent in the draft.
There is much optimism among those in the free and open-source community that GPL 3.0, the next version of the license that governs much software, including the Linux kernel, will provide a stable licensing environment for the foreseeable future.
It will mark the official beginning of a year of public comment and debate on the content, terms and wording of the license that will govern much open-source software for some time to come.
Simon Phipps, the open-source officer at Sun Microsystems Inc., told eWEEK that Sun would most like to see in GPL 3.0 provide a more up-to-date treatment of software patents and to make the inclusion of code under other free and open source software easier.
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