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Will GPLv3 energize Free Software, or marginalize the FSF?

Feb 2, 2007 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views

As written, GPLv3 threatens to fork GNU projects and marginalize the Free Software Foundation, writes long-time Linux observer Bill Weinberg. Drawing on long experience evangelizing Linux and open source licensing to business users, Weinberg suggests that the FSF's GPLv3 high road could be a lonesome… one.

The essay is the first in a new series of columns by Weinberg at LinuxDevices. Click below to read the full column:

Will GPLv3 energize Free Software, or marginalize the FSF?


 
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