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GPLv3

GPLv3 June 29, 2007

• Rationale explaining changes since final draft rationale [PDF]
• GPLv3 FAQ – with compatibility chart
• A Quick Guide to GPLv3 (for developers)
• Richard Stallman announces GPLv3
• Why Upgrade to GPL version 3, an essay by Richard Stallman

LGPLv3

Affero draft

GPLv3 Drafts
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GPLv3, 3rd draft March 28, 2007

• rationale for third draft [PDF]
• the process
• adjusted timeline

Licenses Compatible and Incompatible with GPLv2 and GPLv3 – Wiki
GNU Licenses page

GNU Free Document License draft 2 [FDL v2] – September 22, 2006

guide to changes from first draft

GNU Simpler Free Document License, draft 2 [SFDL v2]

Eight Common Misunderstandings About GPLv3

FSF’s Brett Smith Answers Your GPLv3 Questions

GPLv2
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GPLv2 – June 1991

GPLv2 FAQ

GPLv1
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GPLv1 – 1989

External Resources:
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• Black Duck Software’s Top 20 Licenses, also tracks adoption rate of GPLv3
• The GNU General Public License
• Frequently Asked Questions About the GNU GPL
• The Free Software Definition
• Enforcing the GNU GPL, Eben Moglen, Sept. 2001
• Make Your Open Source Software GPL-Compatible. Or Else.
• “Potential Defenses of Implied Patent License Under the GPL” by Fenwick & West attorneys Adam Pugh and Laura A. Majerus. The analysis is regarding GPLv2.
• The GNU GPL and the American Way
• Linus’ Preamble[this seems to have disappeared, including from Wayback, but you can still read it here]
• Linux Online Interview with PJ, including why the switch to GNU/Linux
• FSF Seminar on The GPL and Legal Aspects of Free Software Development – Sept. 28 NYC

GPL/LGPL Upheld
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• Software Freedom Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al , defendant Westinghouse Digital ordered to pay attorneys’ fees and costs, plus triple damages
• Big Win for GNU GPL in France – by Glyn Moody, Sept. 2009, licensee successfully sues, not copyright holder; see also Mark Radcliffe’s account.
• Welte v. Skype Technologies SA (Germany)
• Busybox and Xterasys Settle GPL Lawsuit
• Busybox and Monsoon Settle Litigation with GPL Compliance Achieved
• US – Daniel Wallace case March 20, 2006 [dismissal as PDF; ruling as PDF]
• D-Link case in Germany Sept. 2006 [ruling as PDF in German; in English]
• France March 28, 2007 (parties JATLite and Educaffix) [ruling as PDF, in French]
• LGPL Upheld in Germany, 2011 (German), Buhl Data was sued by adhoc dataservice GmbH because license and source code not included with WISO Mein Büro 2009. Court ordered damages paid.
  
  
• GPL-violations.org
• FSF Compliance Lab [email: licensing at fsf.org]
• What to do if you see a possible GPL violation

History of GPL Development
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RMS on 1-Oct-1986 “New Emacs-Lisp code and copyrights“, proposing to develop something like the GPL from the Emacs license.

March 24, 1985: How to get GNU EMACS from its author, a copy of file DISTRIB from the Emacs distribution which cites file COPYING.

August 6, 1985: First mention of Free Software Foundation in Google USENET archive.

Groklaw articles on the GPL:
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• The GPL Wins Again – Welte vs. Skype Technologies SA
• BusyBox and Xterasys Settle GPL Lawsuit
• What’s Wrong with Rand?
• The Non-Revocable GPL
• BusyBox Developers, SFLC Sue Verizon for GPL Infringement
• BusyBox and Monsoon Settle Litigation with GPL Compliance Achieved
• Andersen v. Monsoon Multimedia, The Busybox Complaint, as text
• Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation
• FSF to Microsoft: “You Can’t Declare Yourself Exempt from GPLv3”
• Busybox and Xterasys Settle GPL Lawsuit
• When Microsoft Met GPLv3
• SCO: We never knowingly released code under the GPL. PJ: Did too.
• MS: Dancing as fast as it can to try to get away from GPLv3
• MS: We’ll only interoperate if you sign a patent deal. Red Hat: No.
• Moglen: “The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3”
• GPLv3 – It’s here
• Tomorrow GPLv3 is Released
• Linspire joins the plot
• Clubbing Baby Linux Penguins
• Novell’s “Mixed Source” Announcement
• Xandros Deal Isn’t Identical to Novell’s: Picking One’s Way Around the GPL?
• GPL Last Call Draft and RMS on Why Upgrade
• Novell files 10 & patent agreement
• Moglen’s Slides and Talk on SUSE Vouchers & GPLv3 Available
• FSF’s Brett Smith Answers Your GPLv3 Questions
• FSF’s Smith Has Your GPLv3 Questions
• Do You Have Questions You’d Like to Ask About GPLv3?
• Interview with RMS on GPLv3
• GPLv3 on the Novell-Microsoft Patent Agreement
• GPLv3 Draft Today & A New Legal Resource
• SCO – Why We Didn’t Breach the GPL
• The GPL, Stage Front and Cener – IBM Answers SCO’s Attack
• Getting Cute with the GPL
• FSF Responds to Misunderstandings About GPLv3
• GPL Upheld in Germany Against D-Link
• SCO Is Still Distributing the Linux Kernel. Yup. The Whole Enchilada
• SCO Is Still Distributing ELF, Part 4 and …um STREAMS
• SCO Is Still Distributing ELF, Part 3
• SCO is Still Distributing ELF Under the GPL, Part 2
• SCO is Distributing ELF Under the GPL Still. Yes. Now. Today
• 2d Discussion Draft of GPLv3 Released
• LGPL – A change on the way
• Barcelona GPLv3 Roundtable: Heinz, Weiden, and Oliva, interviewd by Sean Daly
• Exclusive: Richard Stallman interview at GPLv3 Conference in Barcelona, by Sean Daly
• The Latest Attacks on GPLv3 and a Word About Tivo
• The Answer to the Wasabi anti-GPL Sarbanes-Oxley FUD
• About that Linus GPLv3 story making the rounds
• GPLv3 and GPLv2 Chart, Columns Switched
• Reactions to GPLv3 and a GPLv3 and GPLv2 Comparative Chart
• GPLv3 Draft 1 Posted for Discussion
• GPLv3 Guidelines Released
• The Sustainable GPL
• Defending the GPL
• The Stupidest lawsuit since the world began
• Red Hat and Novell Also File Motion to Dismiss Wallace
• Wallace’s “Memorandum on Motion for SJ” in Wallace v. IBM
• IBM: Wallace Has Pled Himself Out of Court
• Wallace Would Like to Amplify His Story
• Wallace Files Opposition to FSF Motion to Dismiss
• FSF Moves to Dismiss Wallace and for Stay on Filing Briefs on Summary Judgment Motion
• GPL Version 3: Background to Adoption
• Mo’ MOG Mistakes & Larry Rosen on Daniel Wallace’s Anti-GPL Lawsuit: “It’s Bunk.”
• A GPL Case in Germany
• Hints About GPL 3
• MS Bends for the GPL to Qualify as Open Format in MA
• A GPL Win in Michigan- DrewTech v SAE
• The Sustainable GPL
• Some Advice & a New Book by Larry Rosen, and an Open Source, Open Standards Conference
• IBM Files For Partial Summary Judgment on 8th Counterclaim (Copyright Infringement)
• Businessweek to Linux: Dump the GPL So Business Can Embrace and Extend It
• The German GPL Order – Translated
• Court Confirms GPL Valid in Germany
• Some Sophisticated Legal Sophistry, Otherwise Known as FUD
• GPL Freedom Has Limits – Golem.de Interview with Netfilter’s Harald Welte
• Computer Associates: On the Road to Damascus? Or to the Bank? Both?
• Novell Releases Evolution’s Connector for MS Exchange Server under GPL
• U. of Toronto’s Open Source and Free Software Conference – ePresence Video
• Stallman and Gosling on Java and the GPL
• Why Folks Do What They Do
• Robin Bloor Grokking the GPL
• Open Source Software: What Is It and How Does It Work?” – By Dr. Ben Kremer
• Does the GPL Take Away Your “IP” Rights?
• Business is Business and Credit Where Credit is Due
• Fyodor Terminates SCO’s Right to Distribute Nmap
• Eben Moglen’s Harvard Speech – The Transcript
• Eben Moglen Answers Darl at Harvard – Webcast Available Now
• Darl McBride’s Harvard Appearance – Transcript
• New FUD: Open Source Is “Economically Dangerous”
• Shared Source: Microsoft’s Version of Sharing
• Understanding Open Source Software – by Red Hat’s Mark Webbink, Esq.
• Red Hat Makes Money With the GPL. How Could That Happen?
• The GPL is a License, Not a Contract, Which is Why the Sky Isn’t Falling
• Progress Is Not Proprietary
• Moglen: SCO Is Guilty of What the RIAA Calls Stealing
• Ballmer Says Commercial Software is Better Because Someone’s Rear End is on the Line
• Why Microsoft’s FUD May Be Doomed
• Stallman vs. LeBlanc: Freedom or Pure Technology?
• OSDL Q&A by IP Attorney Lawrence Rosen
• An Open Letter to Darl McBride

Groklaw articles specifically about GPLv3:
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• GPLv3 – It’s here
• Tomorrow GPLv3 is Released
• GPL Last Call Draft and RMS on Why Upgrade
• Novell files 10 & patent agreement
• Moglen’s Slides and Talk on SUSE Vouchers & GPLv3 Available
• FSF’s Brett Smith Answers Your GPLv3 Questions
• FSF’s Smith Has Your GPLv3 Questions
• Do You Have Questions You’d Like to Ask About GPLv3?
• Interview with RMS on GPLv3
• GPLv3 on the Novell-Microsoft Patent Agreement
• GPLv3 Draft Today & A New Legal Resource
• FSF Responds to Misunderstandings About GPLv3
• 2d Discussion Draft of GPLv3 Released
• LGPL – A change on the way
• Barcelona GPLv3 Roundtable: Heinz, Weiden, and Oliva, interviewd by Sean Daly
• Exclusive: Richard Stallman interview at GPLv3 Conference in Barcelona, by Sean Daly
• The Latest Attacks on GPLv3 and a Word About Tivo
• The Latest Attacks on GPLv3 and a Word About Tivo
• The Answer to the Wasabi anti-GPL Sarbanes-Oxley FUD
• About that Linus GPLv3 story making the rouinds
• GPLv3 and GPLv2 Chart, Columns Switched
• Reactions to GPLv3 and a GPLv3 and GPLv2 Comparative Chart
• GPLv3 Draft 1 Posted for Discussion
• GPLv3 Guidelines Released
• More on GPLv3
• GPL Version 3: Background to Adoption
• Hints About GPL 3

SCO and the GPL:
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• SCO – Why We Didn’t Breach the GPL
• The GPL, Stage Front and Center – IBM Answers SCO’s Attack
• SCO Is Still Distributing the Linux Kernel. Yup. The Whole Enchilada
• SCO Is Still Distributing ELF, Part 4 and …um STREAMS
• SCO Is Still Distributing ELF, Part 3
• SCO is Still Distributing ELF Under the GPL, Part 2
• SCO is Distributing ELF Under the GPL Still. Yes. Now. Today
• The GPL Pickle SCO Is In — IBM’s Memo in Support of PSJ on Counterclaim for Copyright Infringement
• SCO Drops Its Claim That the GPL is Unconstitutional – SCO’s ANSWER TO IBM’S SECOND AMENDED COUNTERCLAIMS
• SCO Explains GPL Strategy and SCO Director Bails Out
• “SCO: Without Fear and Without Research” by Eben Moglen
• Copyright Preemption — Explaining the “GPL is Unconstitutional” Claim
• Lawyers Everywhere Say Huh? Rubbish. Weird. A Stretch
• IP Atty Says SCO Wants Judge to Rule GPL = Public Domain
• SCO Clarifies, FSF Counters, and Groklaw Howls with Laughter
• SCO Declares Total War on the GPL — Says GPL Is Not Enforceable
• SCO Tries to Use Lineo Case Against Open Source
• Lineo Had a Tool to Search for GPL Code — Why Didn’t It Use It?
• Yarro Admits Lineo Infringed GPL Code –DiDio: “All Roads Lead to Canopy”
• SCO Still Distributing Linux From Its Web Site
• SCO Explains a Bit About the GPL
• SCO Scuttles Sense, Claiming GPL Invalidity
• SCO Says It Will Argue Copyright Preempts GPL
• SCO, Meet the GPL — IBM’s Legal Calvary Charges
• SCO’s Impossible Dream
• It’s Free as in Freedom, Stupid
• Somebody Doesn’t Grok the GPL
• Moglen Confirms GPL Boomerang For SCO

Caldera and SCO Contributions to Linux Under the GPL:
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• Tigran Aivazian Says His SMP Contributions to Linux Kernel While at SCO Were Approved by his Boss
• Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die, SCO?
• UPDATE to Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die, SCO?
• A Stroll Down Memory Lane with OldSCO
• Old SCO Also Donated Code to Linux
• Caldera’s Linux Contributions Were Official, not by Rogue Employees
• Caldera Employee Was Key Linux Kernel Contributor
• Now They Are Starting to Look at the GPL?

SenderID and the GPL:
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• For Now, Sender ID is Dead and MARID Shuts Down
• Sender ID Dead for Now and SUN-MS Agreement RE Open Office
• Sender ID Dead for Now and SUN-MS Agreement RE Open Office
• Is Sender ID Dead in the Water? – No MARID Working Group Consensus
• Sender ID and Almost-Open Standards

Last Updated Tuesday, August 16 2011 @ 01:00 AM EDT