Linux Developers Tackle GPL 3
Some developers in the Linux community have taken the discussion about the new General Public License terms to a contentious point: using it for the next Linux kernel, while a greater challenge over DRM looms.
The first draft of the GPL version 3 terms crafted by Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen became public last week, as a conference held at MIT. This work represents the first update to the GPL in fifteen years, the Free Software Foundation said on its website.
Universal acceptance of the initial draft may be a while in arriving. There's plenty of time to gain more acceptance, since a final version won't be available for another 12 months. This leaves ample time for developers who currently question whether GPL 3 may find a place eventually in the Linux kernel.
ZDNet UK noted how a couple of prominent developers raised the issue of gaining permission from copyright holders to shift the Linux kernel's licensing terms from the present GPL 2 incarnation to GPL 3.
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