[News] GNU GPLv3 Adoption is Gaining Pace - Linux

GPL Project Watch List for Week of 01/25

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| The GPL v3 growth for this week is consistent with our average growth rate.
| As of January 25th, the GPL v3 count is at 1579 GPL v3 projects, up 44
| projects over the past week. The LGPL v3 list is growing slowly but steadily
| and is currently at 150 LGPL v3 projects, as compared to last weeks number of
| 148 LGPL v3 projects.
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http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/01/gpl...k-of-0125.html


Related:

The Sun is Opening

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| In , what could turn out to be a most interesting turn of events, Sun has
| decided to release OpenSolaris under the GPLv3.
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http://opensourcedeal.com/blog/?p=15


Sun to release OpenSolaris under GPL version 3

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| Sun is going to add the upcoming GNU General Public License version
| 3 (GPLv3) to OpenSolaris in addition to its current CDDL (Common
| Development and Distribution License).
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8979755794.html


Trolltech to adopt GPL 3 for Qt

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| Trolltech CEO Haavard Nord announced today at the KDE developer conference
| that the company's cross-platform open source Qt application development
| toolkit will be released under the GPL 3. This move, which comes shortly
| after the release of KDE 4.0 (watch for our review on Sunday night), will
| allow the open source desktop environment to adopt the new version of the
| GPL. Â* Â*
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/linu...t-gpl-3-for-qt


Mark Webbink On: GPLv3

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| This week Mark Webbink, former Red Hat General Counsel discusses the GPLv3
| and talks about the limits of sharing, the mellowing out of Linus Torvalds,
| and issues with the LGPLv3.
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http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.c...plv3/#comments

Roy Schestowitz espoused:
> GPL Project Watch List for Week of 01/25
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The GPL v3 growth for this week is consistent with our average growth rate.
>| As of January 25th, the GPL v3 count is at 1579 GPL v3 projects, up 44
>| projects over the past week. The LGPL v3 list is growing slowly but steadily
>| and is currently at 150 LGPL v3 projects, as compared to last weeks number of
>| 148 LGPL v3 projects.
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>
> http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/01/gpl...k-of-0125.html
>

It'll be interesting to see if we get a tipping-point effect with
GPLv3. There was a huge amount of controversy about GPLv3 because so
many businesses had built their models based on exploiting a GPLv2
loophole, but it would seem that the last bastions of "secret is best"
are starting to crumble, just a little.

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