The official final release of the GPL is still a day away, but it's possible that over 5,500 projects could be migrating to it in very quickly.
Software vendor Palamida, which develops an application that is used to identify licenses and potential licensing issues, estimates that at least 5,509 projects have indicated an intention to move to GPL version 3.
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mattflaschen
16 years 42 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago
Wait, I thought developers aren't
Wait, I thought developers aren't interested in patent issues? Wasn't there a survey (http://www.aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=1187)?
mattflaschen
16 years 42 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago
Then again, they're counting the
Then again, they're counting the Linux kernel as likely to go GPLv3, so I'm not sure how reliable it is... :)
merc
16 years 42 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago
I think only time will tell. My
I think only time will tell.
My gut feeling is that the GPLv3 is the way to go. But, at the same time, we won't know until somebody really gets sued. Which is sad...