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GPLv3 release set for Friday

Chris Duckett Builder AU

Published: 28 Jun 2007 14:45 BST

The Free Software Foundation is set to release the General Public License version 3 on Friday, more than three months after the initial 15 March deadline.

FSF founder Richard Stallman will launch GPLv3 — after 18 months of debate and four drafts — via a video stream on the organisation's website.

Peter T Brown, executive director Free Software Foundation, announced the launch date in an email posted to a mailing list.

Changes in the latest version of the GPL include the restoration of compatibility with the Apache License, the addition of patent retaliation clauses to prevent future arrangements similar to Microsoft and Novell's pact, and increased internationalisation of the licence.

The release of the GPLv3 comes 16 years after the release of GPLv2.

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