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GPL v3, draft 1 released

The Free Software Foundation has released the first public draft of version 3 of the Gnu Public License. The rationale document might be a more interesting place to start reading to about what they've changed so far and why.

Updates:

Note that folks using non-Gecko based browsers are not able to view or add comments about the draft on the web site but you can submit comments via email.

For those who can't read the draft easily on the official website, Tim Bray has put up an easy to read version that is suitable for printing.

Simon Phipps and Danese Cooper co-wrote their notes from the release presentation.

Comments

• I am currently at MIT for the First International Conference on GPLv3. The initial presentation was very well received. Eben Moglen, Chief Counsel to the FSF says the process is now in all of our hands, as members of the developer community.

  What's new in the GPLv3 draft? Well, the two most interesting discussion topics are the new patent retribution clause, and the DRM restriction clause.

  Please take an opportunity to look over the document; comments are being actively solicited. Every comment will be reviewed and considered. The EFF has put together a very nice wiki, to allow you to track your issues, as well as those of others.

  http://gplv3.fsf.org/comments/

  You have to register to post, but no, you don't have to join the FSF, or give them money, in order to participate.

  Posted by: cajo on January 16, 2006 at 03:37 PM

• Unfortunately, the brillant folks who implemented the comment system that they are using didn't bother to support non-Gecko-based web browsers (like Safari). Kind of hard to participate in a conversation when you can't read or write any comments.

  Luckily, they are accepting emailed comments.
  

  Posted by: johnm on January 18, 2006 at 09:52 AM

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