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GPL 3 Launch Date Announced

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the full-speed-ahead dept.

Joe Blakesley writes "Today, the Free Software Foundation announced that version 3 of the GNU General Public License will be released on Friday, June 29 at noon (EDT). Live video footage of the GPL's unveiling by Richard M. Stallman will be available as a stream on the FSF's website."

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  1. Re:Interesting date to choose... by rumblin'rabbit · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    If Torvalds were dead he would be rolling in his grave now.

    Created the sofware? Not quite. Aggregated it and provided a license for it, sure.

    Most of the software would surely exist without the FSF, just under a different license.

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