[News] Strong Month for GPLv3 Adoption, More Projects Open Up (Cobra Included) - Linux

GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/29

http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/02/gpl...k-of-0229.html

WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio Goes AGPL

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| WaveMaker has announced the release of its WaveMaker Visual Ajax Studio
| version 3.1.1, a tool for building database-driven Ajax Web applications
| without having to write complex code.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolb...14&entryid=535

Cobra Language Slithers into Open Source

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| Esterbrook said his key influences in creating the Cobra language were "the
| big four," namely Python, C#, Eiffel, and Objective-C. However, other
| languages such as Visual Basic, D, Boo and Smalltalk played a part.
|
| "Cobra was originally conceived of as a cross between Python and
| Objective-C," he said.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application...o-Open-Source/


Recent:

GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/15

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| As of February 15th, our GPL v3 database contains 1740 GPL v3 projects, which
| is an increase of 66 GPL v3 projects, above our expected 50 new projects a
| week. Â*
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http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/02/gpl...k-of-0215.html


Biancuzzi: What about GPL3 then?

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| Raymond: It's another reciprocal license. Better written in some ways than
| GPL2; I had a long email conversation with Linus in which I tried to persude
| him to adopt it, my goal being to reduce the amount of political crap flying
| around in the community.
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http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2...rs-of-osi.html


Related:

Free Software Foundation Releases GNU Affero General Public License Version 3

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| The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today published the GNU Affero General
| Public License version 3 (GNU AGPLv3). This is a new license; it is based on
| version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPLv3), but has an
| additional term to allow users who interact with the licensed software over a
| network to receive the source for that program. By publishing this license,
| the FSF aims to foster user and development communities around
| network-oriented free software. Â* Â* Â*
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http://www.fsf.org/agplv3-pr


A Quick Guide to GPLv3

http://www.fsf.org/licensing/license...ide-gplv3.html


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, Â*
| and issues with the LGPLv3.
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http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.c...plv3/#comments


Sun tiptoes into GPLv3

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| Sun Microsystems will release its xVM Ops Center virtualisation management
| application under the General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3), the company
| revealed at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Â*
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/22...-tiptoes-gplv3


Why does Microsoft seem scared of GPLv3?

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| Microsoft is extremely keen to avoid "legal debate" over whether its recent
| partnerships with Linux firms such as Novell, Xandros, and Linspire, mean
| Redmond must assume any of the new licenses' legal obligations. Â*
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/softwar...9279673,00.htm


FSF Says GPLv3 Means Microsoft Patent Protection for All

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| Microsoft's covenant not to sue users of Novell's SUSE Linux
| Enterprise will be extended to all General Public License v3
| users as soon as Novell includes GPLv3 code within its Linux
| distribution, according to the Free Software Foundation.
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http://www.computerwire.com/industri...5-9939E5829EFC