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Android GPLv2 termination worries: one more reason to upgrade to GPLv3
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Brett Smith
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Aug 18, 2011
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Aug 18, 2011 06:48 PM
Distributors lose their rights when they violate GPLv2, but the Free
Software Foundation is more forgiving in its license enforcement to
encourage continued participation in the free software community.
GPLv3 has improved termination provisions to codify this approach,
giving developers one more reason to upgrade.
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People who have signed our petition to This American Life
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Brett Smith
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Aug 30, 2011
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last modified
Sep 02, 2011 06:16 PM
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TAL-Patents
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Brett Smith
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Aug 19, 2011 05:46 PM
Petition This American Life to publish their show in Ogg Vorbis format.
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Using the GPL for Eclipse Plug-Ins
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Brett Smith
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Apr 06, 2010
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Apr 30, 2010 11:20 AM
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Recently we've seen some questions about whether Eclipse plug-ins can
be released under the GPL. Answered briefly, this is possible if
you can provide an additional permission with the license to allow
combining your plug-in with the necessary EPL-covered libraries. The
rest of this post examines why an additional permission is necessary,
and has specific recommendations for interested developers.
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FSF Opposes More Copyright Enforcement in Joint Strategic Plan
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Brett Smith
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Mar 24, 2010
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Apr 12, 2010 03:15 PM
The United States' newly-created "Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator" asked for public comments on a Joint Strategic Plan to make copyright enforcement more effective. The FSF submitted an argument that the government should adopt free software and encourage its use elsewhere to provide more freedom to computer users and reduce the need for such enforcement. The full text of the comment appears below.
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Amazon's Kindle source code: Much ado about nothing
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Brett Smith
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Nov 30, 2011
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last modified
Dec 02, 2011 04:58 PM
This week there's been a lot of fuss about Amazon releasing source code for software on its Kindle devices, including the Kindle Fire. A lot of the hype we've seen is simply unwarranted; while you can download the source code that Amazon was legally required to publish, most of the software on the device remains proprietary, and every Kindle is still Defective by Design.
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Growing trends in free software licensing
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Brett Smith
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Dec 13, 2011
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Oct 11, 2012 04:45 PM
Lately I've noticed an uptick in the number of pundits who claim that free software developers have begun to prefer using lax free software licenses that don't have copyleft (like the Apache License) over ones that do (like the GPL) for their projects. They back up this claim by pointing to surveys that show increased adoption of lax licenses in free software projects, or high-profile projects that have recently adopted such licenses. That evidence tells a different story, however, when you better understand its background.
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Fall 2011 Bulletin
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GPLv3: A grandfather clause, but not for Novell
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Brett Smith
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Mar 28, 2007
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last modified
Mar 12, 2010 10:06 AM
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GPLv3 FAQ now available
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Brett Smith
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Mar 29, 2007
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last modified
Mar 12, 2010 10:06 AM
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GPLv3 and Software as a Service
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Brett Smith
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Mar 29, 2007
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Mar 12, 2010 10:06 AM
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