New GPL takes shots at patents, DRM

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday released a draft version of its new
GPL (GNU General Public License) version 3 software license designed to address
two increasingly important issues in the software industry: software patents and
DRM (digital rights management). This document is the first major revision to
the popular software license in 15 years and, if adopted, will change the terms
under which a variety of open-source software, including Linux, Samba and MySQL,
is used. It was released Monday at the First International Conference for GPLv3,
a two-day conference being held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Complete news coverage can be found here:
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,108\
01,107800,00.html
http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=26654&src=site-marq

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