Yep, the GNU General Public License, version 3, was released today. The GPL is the license that governs a large proportion of open source projects, under its (until today) current v2 form. This includes the Linux kernel ( Read more... )

OK, I saw this article and some others in the past week. The GPLv3 is the General Public License, version 3. What is it? The GPL is the license that covers a great deal of open source software or free software. (Never say they're the same thing within earshot of Richard Stallman. I've been there for that. ;-)) In particular, it is the license ( Read more... )

Nicholas Petreley over at Linux Journal has a couple of good blog entries about the furor around TiVo, Linux, and the GPL:
A fight against evil or a fight for attention?
The Pet Peevo with TiVo

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