[News] GPLv3 Leaps Beyond 1,600 Projects - Linux

GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/01

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| As of February 1st our GPL v3 database now contains 1624 GPL v3 projects, as
| compared to last weeks figure of 1579 GPL v3 projects.
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http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/02/gpl...k-of-0201.html

Big jump.


Related:

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

Roy Schestowitz espoused:
> GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/01
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| As of February 1st our GPL v3 database now contains 1624 GPL v3 projects, as
>| compared to last weeks figure of 1579 GPL v3 projects.
> `----
>
> http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/02/gpl...k-of-0201.html
>
> Big jump.

It will continue to grow, as people recognise the risks of Tivoisation,
which allow commercial companies to treat GPLed code as if it were
BSDed.

>
>
> Related:
>
> Trolltech to adopt GPL 3 for Qt
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| 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. * *
> `----
>
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/linu...t-gpl-3-for-qt


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