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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-18 22:43:21
bkuhn@ebb.org
We now have a chapter earlier that discusses this in more detail,
just reference that instead of this other text that was here.
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@@ -700,8 +700,9 @@ creation of this vibrant commercial and noncommercial Free Software
 
economy.
 

	
 
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\chapter{A Tale of Two Copyleft Licenses}
 
\label{tale-of-two-copylefts}
 

	
 
While determining the proper methodology and criteria to yield an accurate
 
count remains difficult, the GPL is generally considered one of the most
 
widely used Free Software licenses.  For most of its history --- for 16 years
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@@ -2081,13 +2082,10 @@ of GPL'd software around the world is shared among thousands of
 
individuals and organizations, the license itself needs a single steward.
 
Forking of the code is often regrettable but basically innocuous.  Forking
 
of licensing is disastrous.
 

	
 
FSF has only released two versions of GPL --- in 1989 and 1991. GPL
 
version 3 is under current internal drafting. FSF's plan is to have a
 
long and engaging comment period. The goal of GPL is to defend freedom, and
 
a gigantic community depends on that freedom now. FSF hopes to take all
 
stakeholders' opinions under advisement.
 
(Chapter~\ref{tale-of-two-copylefts} discusses more about the various
 
versions of GPL.)
 

	
 
\section{GPLv2~\S10: Relicensing Permitted}
 
\label{GPLv2s10}
 

	
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