Paul McDougall from InformationWeek reports on sluggish adoption of GPLv3.

Fearing the restrictions it places on their work, the majority of open source software developers do not plan to publish code in the next year under a controversial new license authored by the main governing body for open source and free software, according to a survey released Wednesday.

In addition, more than 40% of those surveyed said they won't ever publish their work under Version 3 of the General Public License, which was released earlier this year by the Free Software Foundation. "GPLv3 is controversial because it imposes restrictions on what you can do with programs," said John Andrews, CEO of survey taker Evans Data, in a statement.
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GPLv3 has produced a rift in the open source community between idealists who believe all software should be free of charge and free to use, and pragmatists who want to see open source software make further inroads into commercial use.

GPLv3 embodies the former point of view in that it stipulates that companies that use software covered by the license place no restrictions on end user access to the software. That has prompted some companies, including Tivo, to indicate that they may seek alternatives to the open source software used in their products.

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