After several years of debate and more than 18 months of sometimes passionate public comments and revisions, the latest GNU General Public License Version 3 (GPLv3) software license will officially be ...

Some developers are concerned that the introduction of the third version of the GNU General Public License could split the free-software world, but the Free Software Foundation is confident that these ...

The next version of the General Public License may contain a clause to penalize companies that use software patents against free software. GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January ...

While the Free Software Foundation’s GNU General Public Licenses (GPL) are used in nearly three-quarters of all free and open source software, GPL-based licenses not the only game in town. Part 1 of ...

If the appellate court upholds that decision, which endorsed database maker Neo4j's right to amend the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3, governing the use of its software with new binding ...

Open source licenses are a foundational part of the commercial software development process, offering freedom to use, modify, ...