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The foundation, a consortium of open source developers and companies, Wednesday opened a three-day think tank, the first ever Linux Foundation Summit, inviting some of the most influential and prominent Linux kernel designers, software developers and user companies that are foundation members.
The invitees were asked to begin hammering out how to refine development of the open source operating system, from device drivers to mobile support, and to define standards for building applications that can easily run across Linux distributions.
The group also took on the soon-to-be published GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.0, an important evolution of Linux’s open source licensing model. Despite the recent hype around GPLv3, especially concerning cross-licensing patent deals involving Microsoft and various Linux vendors, the new license was characterized as another option on a long list of open source licenses.
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“Everybody just chill when v3 comes out,” said Dan Frye, vice president of Linux and open technology at IBM and of its Linux Technology Center. “It is going to happen, it has been a long process, we will work with some of the communities that adopt it and we will see how things go,” he said to applause during a panel session.
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