The next GNU Compiler Collection will be released under GPLv3
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| Version 4.2.1 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has been released. "GCC
| 4.2.1 will be the last release of GCC covered by version 2 of the GNU General
| Public License. All future releases will be released under GPL version 3," it
| says in the announcement. The recently published GPLv3 is not compatible with
| GPLv2.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/93139/from/rss09
GNU version of GPL gives feds a break
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| The latest version of the General Public License, released last month by the
| Free Software Foundation (FSF), has something to please or displease just
| about everyone. But agencies and their contractors should be happy with an
| exception carved out for them that will make it easier to keep sensitive
| federal software code under wraps.
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http://www.gcn.com/print/26_18/44699-1.html
Related:
Why does Microsoft seem scared of GPLv3?
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| Microsoft is extremely keen to avoid "legal debate" over whether its recent
| partnerships with Linux firms such as Novell, Xandros, and Linspire, mean
| Redmond must assume any of the new licenses' legal obligations.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Why-does-Microsoft-seem-scared-of-GPLv3-/0,130061733,339279673,00.htm
Microsoft disses GPLv3 (and rocketman Kirk)
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| This is Thursday's IT Blogwatch: in which Microsoft squirms out of GPLv3's
| clutches, perhaps.
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http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/5823
The Badger Game
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| So, by threatening everything and promising nothing (because would Microsoft
| really sue anyone for patents, knowing how many competitors in the Linux
| community have patents of their own?), Microsoft has skillfully managed to
| get open source players to endorse Open XML. A variant of the classic Badger
| Game if I ever heard one.
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| Faced with cons like this, I am beginning to realize that having something
| like the GPLv3 around is a very good idea. Even though the new GPL could not
| have prevented this scam, it may help in the future.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2007071302826OPMSPB
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