The FSF has released a Quick Guide to GPLv3. This article explains all major changes in an easy-to-understand overview. So it is a good staring point for everyone who wants to understand GPLv3. It is also a good resource for developers who plan to release their software under the GPLv3.
After about seven month of discussion and more than 1000 comments through gplv3.fsf.org/comments/ the FSF has published the second draft of the GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 3 and the first draft of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) Version 3 which is now designed as a set of permissive exceptions to GPLv3 Read more »
I have read Marcus and Shanes article about DRM and the interview of Linus Torvalds. I don’t know the motivation of Linus, but i have read many interviews since the first draft of GPLv3 and for my understanding he repeats the same mistake again and again. He compares DRM with protecting your personal data. But Read more »
I think this could be interesting for people not subscribed to the GPLv3 mailing list too. Through the mailing list i got a bittorrent source (http://gplv3.fsf.org/av/gplv3-draft1-release.ogg.torrent) where you can download a video recording of the MIT conference about GPLv3. While Richard Stallman talks about threats for the free software community to which the new license Read more »