Version 3 of the GPL is finally out. The Free Software Foundation took a stab at Apple’s iPhone software in its release, but what does mean for open-source server software? Red Hat’s IP team is pleased.
Red Hat believes its customers will benefit from several of the new provisions in the GPLv3, including patent license provisions. Red Hat is adding GPLv3 to the list of approved open-source licenses under the Red Hat’s Patent Promise.
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But Dana Gardner, an analyst at Interabor Solutions, is not so sure this will be an easy transition. “I suppose this may increase the complexity and cost of dealing with open source because here’s yet another license,” he explained. “Developers will now have to determine if, by default, they are under this license and understand what its implications are.”
What’s your take on the new license?
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