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● 08.01.07

●● Thank G** GPLv3 is Being Widely Adopted

Posted in Free/Libre Software, FSF, GNU/Linux, GPL, Microsoft at 10:45 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Here is a nice screen grab from the GNU GPLv3 announcement video. Watch the mug.

=> ↺ GNU GPLv3 announcement video

It appears as though the industry agrees with our predictions that wide GPLv3 adoption was only a matter of time. Even SJVN, who never appeared to be fond of parts of the new licence, has come to a stage of acceptance.

=> ↺ come to a stage of acceptance

When the GPLv3 first arrived, only a handful of programs made the shift. The most significant of these was Samba making good its promise to move its popular Windows-compatible file/print server program to the GPLv3.

Since then, according to data collected by Palamida, an IP (intellectual property) management company, the GPLv3 is picking up steam. By July 31, Palamida found that 277 open-source projects had moved to using the GPLv3. At the beginning of the month, only 82 projects, most of them created by the Free Software Foundation, which created the GPLv3, had made the switch.

This licence — just as a reminder — is a huge barrier to Microsoft’s malicious plan. It protects Free software from those who strive to change and destroy it.

=> ↺ huge barrier to Microsoft’s malicious plan

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