The GPL is a capitalist's best friend
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| The GPL simply protects through transparency and openness, not opacity and
| closed doors. Many of the industry's most successful open-source vendors use
| the GPL for this very reason.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9896565-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
How do peer productions and free content work out?
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| This strategy was first used by the free software community, and later the
| emerging free culture movement took those ideals and extended them from the
| software field to the whole culture. The most commonly used software license
| is the GNU GPL. For text, especially functional works such as textbooks, the
| GNU FDL (GFDL) was developed and all of Wikipedia’s text is licensed under
| it. Both are copyleft licenses, meaning they allow redistribution of
| derivative works under the condition that this happens under the same
| license, preventing the content from becoming non-free. Also commercial
| redistribution is permitted.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/property_and_commons
Related:
Eben Moglen: Copyleft Capitalism, GPLv3 and the Future of Software Innovation
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| Today I heard the best single presentation on open-source and free software I
| have ever personally attended, in a talk by Columbia Professor of Law Eben
| Moglen, on the topic “Copyleft Capitalism: GPLv3 and the Future of Software
| Innovation.” He spoke for over 90 minutes. I understand the session was
| recorded, and I have asked that a transcript be prepared. I write the rest of
| this post based on the notes I took during his extraordinary talk.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft failed in that, as a monopoly, it has for the first time failed to
| produce a new version that will get the old version out of the market.
|
| Vista has doomed them, as Microsoft is now competing with itself, trying to
| displace Windows with Vista.
|
| He then said the real problem was to limit the damage when Microsoft fails,
| how to get “out from under” Microsoft as they enter the end game, perhaps by
| paroxisms of litigation.
|
| [...]
|
| Eben then related how he had finessed the famed “coupons” in the
| Microsoft/Novell brouhaha, describing how he had “hacked” Novell.
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http://daveshields.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/eben-moglen-copyleft-capitalism-gplv3-and-the-future-of-software-innovation/
MS: Dancing as fast as it can to try to get away from GPLv3
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| Want to laugh? Microsoft Says It Is Not Bound by GPLv3" -- they think they
| can so declare, like an emperor, and it becomes fiat. It's not so easy.
| I gather Microsoft's lawyers have begun to discern the GPL pickle they
| are in.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070705205728953
GPL3 welcomed by IBM, Red Hat, Novell, MySQL
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| The GPL is the most widely used license in the open-source realm. More
| than 30,000 projects, which is about 66 percent of the open-source
| projects tracked by the Freshmeat site, use the GPL.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/GPL3-welcomed-by-IBM-Red-Hat-Novell-MySQL/0,339028227,339279403,00.htm
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| [Chris DiBona of Google:] The latest revision [of GPLv3] is actually pretty
| good.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2132480,00.asp
[Creative Commons in Support of] GPLv3!
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| Note that Creative Commons has always recommended the GPL and other
| free software licenses for software. We look forward to transitioning
| software we create to GPLv3.
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http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7553
Linux guru backs new GNU licence
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| Open source guru Alan Cox has voiced his support for the
| controversial version 3.0 of the GNU General Public Licence
| in an exclusive podcast interview with Computer Weekly.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/10/223693/linux-guru-backs-new-gnu-licence.htm
The Real Meaning of GNU GPLv3
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| Taken together, these different aspects underline why the release of
| the final version of the GNU GPLv3 is such a big event. Its appearance
| represents the crystallisation of major trends within the world of
| technology and business – and even beyond.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000246
Alan Cox Interview
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| Personally I think it's a bad idea and that Novell are going to
| get stung by the GPLv3, and rightfully so. The license is designed
| to keep the software free, if it fails to do this then it needs
| fixing, so GPLv3 hopefully will fix this flaw.
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http://www.abclinuxu.cz/clanky/rozhovory/alan-cox?page=1
Apache, GPL License Compatibility Back On Track
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| GPL 3 is now on track to be finalized in August. Its adoption will be
| a major milestone in the open-source industry and will force developers
| of GPL-licensed software to make choices about migrating to the new
| license or contributing to a potential schism between version 2 and
| version 3 software.
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http://www.crn.com/software/199500038
OpenLogic survey warm on GPL 3
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| A survey of open-source programming experts that start-up OpenLogic
| pays to resolve software troubles has revealed some favorable
| feelings about the new third draft of the General Public License (GPL).
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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6173244.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
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