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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 Alphager · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The FSF is not about pleasing everyone. It is about solely furthering the goals of Free Software (not Open Source, not Linux). They will succeed in that.

  2. How are they going to unveil it? by ChrisMounce · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, it isn't a physical object. Print it out and frame it? Throw copies into the crowd? A reading by Stallman himself (followed by a license signing)?

    1. Re:How are they going to unveil it? by heinousjay · · Score: 5, Funny

      A reading by Stallman himself (followed by a license signing)?

      If you could somehow bottle that concept you would cure insomnia the world over.

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  3. Re:Timing by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about anyone else, but I plan to camp out all night in front of the FSF so I can be the first to get a copy of the final version of the GPLv3. Then I'm going to sell it on eBay.

  4. Re:Interesting date to choose... by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 5, Informative
    Well this certainly is out of the question for the Linux kernel

    There is BSD for that.

    One has to wonder however how much cash a commercial license for some projects would bring in allowing for the funding and development for the free/open version.

    Dual-licensing brings MySQL 50 Million Dollars Per Year. Which means that the GPL is a really effective capitalist tool. Folks who oppose it are often looking for a gift, rather than sharing. It seems to me that they should be willing to pay. That would be more fair.

    Bruce

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