GPL v3 Last Call
The FSF just announced that the last draft of the GPL v3 is ready for review and comment. The FSF will hear comments for the next month and expects to officially publish the license on Friday, June 29, 2007.
To participate, visit http://gplv3.fsf.org.
Changes in this draft include:
GPLv3 is now compatible with version 2.0 of the Apache [...]
Don't get pwn3d: Why Professionalism Matters In Community Discussions
Some years ago (as penance for working at MySQL during some temporary corporate brain-damage about Free Software licensing) I began volunteering at the Free Software Foundation.
For the most part, I have spent my time providing support on Free Software licensing questions for the FSF Compliance Lab and helping out on the GPL v3 effort.
While both [...]
Discuss *and* participate
Matt Asay posted some of his thoughts on the second draft of version three of the GPL.
It is good that Matt is providing rapid feedback on the new draft, after all the GPL v3 drafting process relies on community participation.
It is less good that Matt doesn't direct people to the FSF GPL v3 site or [...]
GPL v3 draft 2 released (and LGPL v3 draft 1)
The FSF just announced that there are new discussion drafts for the GPL and the LGPL.
Get the details here: http://gplv3.fsf.org/gpl3-dd2-guide.html
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Barcelona to host the 3rd Intl. Conference on the GPL v3
The 3rd international conference on GPL v3 will take place in Barcelona, Spain on June 22nd and 23rd. The international GPLv3 conferences are part of a year-long public consultation process to update the GNU General Public License.
Speakers include Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, chairman at Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) and Georg Greve, President of Free [...]
Random bits of info for MySQL UC attendees
Dear MySQL User Conference Attendees,
The resources I mentioned to some or many of you are:
The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - the classic MIT introductory computer science course textbook (and supporting video lectures are here.)
PHP Vikinger - a PHP-focused unconference held in Norway on June 24 and 25th.
GPL v3 site - make sure to [...]
Streaming video from the 2nd International GPL v3 conference
Via Dave "Novalis" Turner:
We [will] be streaming video from the Second International Conference on GPLv3 at FISL in Porto Alegre, Brasil at:
http://gplv3.fsf.org/av
Please tune in!
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Attending the GPLv3 Launch at MIT
Bright and early Sunday morning, I will be flying off to Boston to attend the GPL version 3 launch at MIT.
I am betting on heated discussions and a wild mix of Free Software fanatics, FSF staff from around the world, the Free Culture crowd (EFF, the super awesome Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons staff, …), corporate [...]