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 GPL Resources 
 
  GPL Resources 
[ GPLv3 ] 
[ GPLv3 Drafts ] 
[ GPLv2 ] 
[ GPLv1 ] 
[ External Resources ] 
[ GPL/LGPL Legally Upheld ] 
[ History ] 
[ Groklaw Articles on the GPL ] 
[ Groklaw Articles specifically about GPLv3 ] 
[ SCO and the GPL ] 
[ Caldera/SCO contibutions to Linux ] 
[ SenderID and the GPL ] 
 
GPLv3 
GPLv3 June 29, 2007 
 
LGPLv3
 
Affero draft
  
GPLv3 Drafts 
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GPLv3, 3rd draft March 28, 2007
 
Licenses Compatible and Incompatible  with GPLv2 and GPLv3 - Wiki  
GNU Licenses page 
 GNU Free Document License draft 2 [FDL v2] - September 22, 2006 
 
guide to changes from first draft 
GNU Simpler Free Document License, draft 2 [SFDL v2] 
  Eight Common Misunderstandings About GPLv3 
FSF's Brett Smith Answers Your GPLv3 Questions   
GPLv2   
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GPLv2 - June 1991 
 GPLv2 FAQ  
GPLv1  
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GPLv1 - 1989  
External Resources: 
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GPL/LGPL Upheld 
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-  Software Freedom Conservancy v. Best Buy, et al , defendant Westinghouse Digital ordered to pay attorneys' fees and costs, plus triple damages
 -  Big Win for GNU GPL in France - by Glyn Moody, Sept. 2009, licensee successfully sues, not copyright holder; see also Mark Radcliffe's account.
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Welte v. Skype Technologies SA (Germany)
 -  Busybox and Xterasys Settle GPL Lawsuit
 -  Busybox and Monsoon Settle Litigation with GPL Compliance Achieved
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US - Daniel Wallace case March 20, 2006
[dismissal as PDF;
ruling as PDF]
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D-Link case in Germany Sept. 2006
[ruling as PDF in German;
in English]
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France March 28, 2007 (parties JATLite and Educaffix)
[ruling as PDF, in French]
 -  LGPL Upheld in Germany, 2011 (German), Buhl Data was  sued by adhoc
dataservice GmbH because license and source code not included with WISO Mein Büro 2009.  Court ordered damages paid. 
  
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GPL-violations.org
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FSF Compliance Lab [email: licensing at fsf.org]
 -  What to do if you see a possible GPL violation
   
 History of GPL Development 
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RMS on 1-Oct-1986 "New Emacs-Lisp code and copyrights", proposing to develop something like the GPL from the Emacs license.
March 24, 1985: How to get GNU EMACS from its author, a copy of file DISTRIB from the Emacs distribution which cites file COPYING. 
August 6, 1985: First mention of Free Software Foundation in Google USENET archive.  
Groklaw articles on the GPL:  
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- The GPL Wins Again - Welte vs. Skype Technologies SA
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BusyBox and Xterasys Settle GPL Lawsuit
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What's Wrong with Rand?
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The Non-Revocable GPL
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BusyBox Developers, SFLC Sue Verizon for GPL Infringement
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BusyBox and Monsoon Settle Litigation with GPL Compliance Achieved
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Andersen v. Monsoon Multimedia, The Busybox Complaint, as text 
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Samba Team Receives Microsoft Protocol Documentation
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FSF to Microsoft: "You Can't Declare Yourself Exempt from GPLv3" 	
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Busybox and Xterasys Settle GPL Lawsuit
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When Microsoft Met GPLv3
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SCO: We never knowingly released code under the GPL. PJ: Did too.
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MS: Dancing as fast as it can to try to get away from GPLv3
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MS: We'll only interoperate if you sign a patent deal. Red Hat: No.
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Moglen: "The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3"
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GPLv3 - It's here
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Tomorrow GPLv3 is Released
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Linspire joins the plot
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Clubbing Baby Linux Penguins
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Novell's "Mixed Source" Announcement
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Xandros Deal Isn't Identical to Novell's: Picking One's Way Around the GPL?
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GPL Last Call Draft and RMS on Why Upgrade
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Novell files 10 & patent agreement
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Moglen's Slides and Talk on SUSE Vouchers & GPLv3 Available
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FSF's Brett Smith Answers Your GPLv3 Questions
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FSF's Smith Has Your GPLv3 Questions
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Do You Have Questions You'd Like to Ask About GPLv3?
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Interview with RMS on GPLv3 
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GPLv3 on the Novell-Microsoft Patent Agreement
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GPLv3 Draft Today & A New Legal Resource 
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SCO - Why We Didn't Breach the GPL
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The GPL, Stage Front and Cener - IBM Answers SCO's Attack
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Getting Cute with the GPL
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FSF Responds to Misunderstandings About GPLv3
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GPL Upheld in Germany Against D-Link
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SCO Is Still Distributing the Linux Kernel. Yup. The Whole Enchilada
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SCO Is Still Distributing ELF, Part 4 and ...um STREAMS
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SCO Is Still Distributing ELF, Part 3
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SCO is Still Distributing ELF Under the GPL, Part 2
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SCO is Distributing ELF Under the GPL Still. Yes. Now. Today
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2d Discussion Draft of GPLv3 Released
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LGPL - A change on the way
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Barcelona GPLv3 Roundtable: Heinz, Weiden, and Oliva, interviewd by Sean Daly
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Exclusive: Richard Stallman interview at GPLv3 Conference in Barcelona, by Sean Daly
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The Latest Attacks on GPLv3 and a Word About Tivo
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The Answer to the Wasabi anti-GPL Sarbanes-Oxley FUD
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About that Linus GPLv3 story making the rounds
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GPLv3 and GPLv2 Chart, Columns Switched
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Reactions to GPLv3 and a GPLv3 and GPLv2 Comparative Chart
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GPLv3 Draft 1 Posted for Discussion
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GPLv3 Guidelines Released
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The Sustainable GPL
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Defending the GPL
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The Stupidest lawsuit since the world began
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Red Hat and Novell Also File Motion to Dismiss Wallace
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Wallace's "Memorandum on Motion for SJ" in Wallace v. IBM
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IBM: Wallace Has Pled Himself Out of Court
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Wallace Would Like to Amplify His Story 
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Wallace Files Opposition to FSF Motion to Dismiss
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FSF Moves to Dismiss Wallace and for Stay on Filing Briefs on Summary Judgment Motion 
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GPL Version 3: Background to Adoption
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Mo' MOG Mistakes & Larry Rosen on Daniel Wallace's Anti-GPL Lawsuit: "It's Bunk."
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A GPL Case in Germany
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Hints About GPL 3
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MS Bends for the GPL to Qualify as Open Format in MA
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A GPL Win in Michigan- DrewTech v SAE
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The Sustainable GPL
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Some Advice & a New Book by Larry Rosen, and an Open Source, Open Standards Conference
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IBM Files For Partial Summary Judgment on 8th Counterclaim (Copyright Infringement)
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Businessweek to Linux: Dump the GPL So Business Can Embrace and Extend It
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The German GPL Order - Translated
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Court Confirms GPL Valid in Germany
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Some Sophisticated Legal Sophistry, Otherwise Known as FUD
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GPL Freedom Has Limits - Golem.de Interview with Netfilter's Harald Welte
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Computer Associates: On the Road to Damascus? Or to the Bank? Both?
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Novell Releases Evolution's Connector for MS Exchange Server under GPL
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U. of Toronto's Open Source and Free Software Conference - ePresence Video
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Stallman and Gosling on Java and the GPL
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Why Folks Do What They Do
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Robin Bloor Grokking the GPL
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Open Source Software: What Is It and How Does It Work?" - By Dr. Ben Kremer
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Does the GPL Take Away Your "IP" Rights?
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Business is Business and Credit Where Credit is Due
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Fyodor Terminates SCO's Right to Distribute Nmap
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Eben Moglen's Harvard Speech - The Transcript
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Eben Moglen Answers Darl at Harvard - Webcast Available Now
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Darl McBride's Harvard Appearance - Transcript
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New FUD: Open Source Is "Economically Dangerous"
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Shared Source: Microsoft's Version of Sharing
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Understanding Open Source Software - by Red Hat's Mark Webbink, Esq.
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Red Hat Makes Money With the GPL. How Could That Happen?
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The GPL is a License, Not a Contract, Which is Why the Sky Isn't Falling
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Progress Is Not Proprietary
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Moglen: SCO Is Guilty of What the RIAA Calls Stealing
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Ballmer Says Commercial Software is Better Because Someone's Rear End is on the Line
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Why Microsoft's FUD May Be Doomed
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Stallman vs. LeBlanc: Freedom or Pure Technology?
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OSDL Q&A by IP Attorney Lawrence Rosen
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An Open Letter to Darl McBride
   
Groklaw articles specifically about  GPLv3:  
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SCO and the GPL: 
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Caldera and SCO Contributions to Linux Under the GPL: 
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SenderID and the GPL: 
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