The number of open-source projects that use the GNU General Public License
Version 3 has grown to more than 2,000, according to Palamida, which sells software
and services for tracking open-source code within a customer's code base.
"Our database
now contains over 2,000 projects that are using the GPL v3. "At this rate
the GPL v3 is being adopted by 1,000 projects every 4-5 months, and if the trend
continues, the license will be used by 5,000 projects by the end of the year,"
states a recent
posting on Palamida's blog.
The Free Software Foundation approved the GPL v3 in June 2007 following a protracted
public discussion and amid dissent from Microsoft, which
denied that its ongoing patent and interoperability agreement with Novell
means it is subject to the license's terms.
Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation, described the
advantages of moving to GPL v3 -- which include added protection for users from
patent infringement claims -- in a essay
published here.
