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OSI Board approves GPL v3 and LGPL v3

The GPL v3 and LGPL v3 were unanimously approved by the OSI board at our monthly board meeting this week....

September 7, 2007 Post
January 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In January, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed: * the opensource.dev info site * Open Data * “intimacy” in Open Source...

February 4, 2019 Post
GNU LGPL

There are three versions of the license commonly known as the LGPL: GNU Library General Public License, version 2 (SPDX...

February 5, 2008 License
GPLv3 looks like a worthy update

When I first came across the GNU General Public License in 1986, it was nothing short of an epiphany for...

March 29, 2007 Post
May 2019 License-Review Summary

In May, the License-Review mailing list saw extensive debate on the Cryptographic Autonomy License. The list also discussed a BSD...

June 3, 2019 Post
March 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In March, the License-Discuss mailing list discussed: * the Cryptographic Autonomy License * its interactions with the GDPR * how...

April 1, 2019 Post
April 2019 License-Review Summary

In April, the License-Review mailing list saw extensive debate on the Cryptographic Autonomy License, in particular: * its user data...

May 6, 2019 Post
April 2019 License-Discuss Summary

In April, the License-Discuss mailing list: * talked about non-commercial licensing * discussed license revocability * answered a question about...

May 6, 2019 Post
Permissive and Copyleft Are Not Antonyms

Using the term “permissive” as an antonym to “copyleft” – or “restrictive” as its synonym – are unhelpful framing. Describe...

July 7, 2017 Post
The Importance of Community-oriented GPL Enforcement

The Free Software Foundation and Software Freedom Conservancy have released a statement of principles on how GPL enforcement work can...

October 16, 2015 Post
GNU Affero GPL version 3 and the “ASP loophole”

A few months ago I posted my initial impressions for a draft version of the GPLv3 license, and I am...

June 7, 2007 Post