GPLv3 Draft Moves Forward, Torvalds Unimpressed

Published: Jul 27, 2006
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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On July 27, the FSF (Free Software Foundation) and the SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center) released the next discussion draft of the GNU GPL (General Public License) version 3.

In addition, the groups released the first draft of the revised GNU LGPL (Lesser General Public License) version 3.

Since the release of the initial GPLv3 discussion draft in January, members of the free software community have submitted nearly one thousand suggestions for its improvement.

With the help of discussion committees, the FSF and the SFLC have taken these comments into consideration and have implemented revisions to the draft.

“We have considered each suggestion with care,” said Eben Moglen, the SFLCs founder and chairman. The SFLC represents various free software projects and is assisting the FSF in revising the new license.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of publications. You'll find most of my stories in Linux-Watch, DesktopLinux and eWEEK. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, I worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects.

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