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eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Free Software Foundation on Monday ...

Open source makes the technology world go ’round, forming as much as 90% of the modern software stack via frameworks; libraries; databases; operating systems; and countless stand-alone applications.

The much-anticipated first draft of GNU General Public License Version 3 will be released on Jan. 16 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. However, the draft may raise more ...

Columnists’ Corner: With the first draft of the GNU GPL 3.0 has come some indisputable improvements, but “when it comes to the terms of the new license, the benefits aren’t as clear-cut,” writes Neil ...

The Free Software Foundation is currently re-writing the GPL for the first time in 15 years. A draft GPL v 3.0 was recently released and is expected to undergo broad discussion and changes before the ...