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Friday, April 27th, 2007

Eben Moglen taking time off from FSF, focus on SFLC

I can only imagine the hours and insanity the GPLv3 process has strained Eben’s life over the last couple years. It’s great to see him taking some time to work on other projects - I know many people who have worked directly with him on GPLv3 and he carries high regard in every corner - except maybe Redmond ;-) The good news here is Eben has in essence declared GPLv3 done from a legal drafting standpoint. I think the long drafting process will yield a much more agreeable license compared to the edgy draft 1 of yore. We’ll see if the Linux kernel ever switches, but there is plenty of software out there that is not the Linux kernel that can take advantage of v3.

Eben took on a mountain of a task, broke down walls, is still standing and has a solid license for the community to execute on going forward. I wish him the best as he focuses on other projects including the SFLC and teaching.

http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/blog/organizations/SFLC/Transition.html