The History of the GPL

Posted 5 Jul 2001 at 04:34 UTC by atai

The GNU GPL is the fundamental document for Free Software. Because of its importance, it is useful to document its history and evolution, for reference purposes. As an attempt I have created such a web page at http://www.free- soft.org/gpl_history/.

The GNU GPL is the fundamental document for Free Software. Because of its importance, it is useful to document its historical evolution for reference purposes. As a first attempt I have created a web page documenting the history of the GPL at http://www.free- soft.org/gpl_history/.

I have incorporated material I can find from the web, usenet posts, mailing lists, etc. I think there may still be missing details or possible inaccuracies. I welcome any corrections, additional inputs or suggestions. Thanks,

Andy Tai, atai@atai.org