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Slideshow: New GPL Is Free at Last

Free-software pioneer Richard Stallman puts DRM schemes and software patents on notice in the first update to the GNU Public License in 15 years. Mark Baard reports from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Free Software Foundation board member and Columbia University law professor Eben Moglen says the complexity and length of some GPLv3 provisions will protect developers.Photo: Courtesy of Eben Moglen

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Richard Stallman takes questions about GPLv3 from developers Monday at the First Annual Conference on GPLv3 at MIT.

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Bruce Perens, a leader in the open-source movement, has called Richard Stallman "the giant upon whose shoulders open source stands."

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