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The Free Software Foundation has announced that version 3 of the GNU General Public License will officially be [released tomorrow][3], Friday June 29th. Richard Stallman will be on hand for the unveiling and there will be a live video stream available on the [FSF site][4].
Version 3 of the GNU GPL has seen its share of [controversy][1] over the [last eighteen months][2] of public debate and revision, specifically with regard to provisions designed to thwart the kind of patent deals Microsoft has reached with [Novell][6], [Xandros][7] and other Linux vendors.
The latest public draft of the GPLv3 removed some provisions so that vendors like Novell could continue to distrubte their software using the GNU GPL.
So far there's been no official word on whether or not the Linux kernel will adopt the new license. Linus Torvalds has said that recent revisions to GPL v3 have assuaged the concerns of many in the community, but he remains "unsure" as to whether or not he'll move the Linux kernel to the new license.
[via [Slashdot][5]]
[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/are_the_gpls_cr.html "Are the GPL's Critics Happy Yet?"
[2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/03/the_free_softwa.html "Free Software Foundation Releases GPL v3 Draft"
[3]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-member/2007-06/msg00000.html "Launch of GNU GPLv3"
[4]: http://www.fsf.org/ "FSF"
[5]: http://slashdot.org/articles/07/06/27/210226.shtml
[6]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/05/the_be_very_afr.html "The 'Be Very Afraid' Tour: Microsoft's Patent Strategy Explained"
[7]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/xandros_joins_n.html "Xandros Joins Novell In Microsoft Ménage à Trois"
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