Licensing: GPL v3 ad personam?

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Roberto Galoppini
on November 17, 2006
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Eben Moglen, general counsel of the Free Software Foundation, interviewed by Roger Parkoff yesterday said: “GPL version 3 will be adjusted so the effect of the current deal is that Microsoft will by giving away access to the very patents Microsoft is trying to assert.”

The GNU General Public License, is in the process of revision from about one year now: the initial GPLv3 discussion draft was released this year in January, and since than many have submitted suggestions for improvement through a partecipatory website, making public and transparent the review process.

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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.