http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/web...pl_v3_released
I also read somewhere else that they may apply GPL 3 to "Web Services", so that means that any company who has modified GPL 3 software for in-house purposes (Google?, Yahoo?), must release
all their complete sources to the public.
I think this issue is what will put the last nail in the GPL coffin, for many companies in the industry using GPL sources, because no one commercial company will release their complete in-house development to the public, and have the competition see all they have done.
This was fine with GPL version 2, because they didn't have to release their propietary sources for in-house or for their own web services.
Example: Just imagine if the phpBB group (this forum is based on it) was to release their newer version based on GPL 3.

That would mean that anyone doing mods to their forum, would have to release the sources

What would happen to KVCD.Net's forum

See, I don't modify the sources, except for several mangled lines so the registration link is disabled, and a special link is then given to people when they join so we can activate them. So my changes are not visible.
If phpBB becomes GPL3, I would be forced to release a couple of changes in the forum source, making kvcd.net's forum register link visible, and chaos would start again trying to maintain it.
So, if phpBB does become GPL3, I will do a magic operation in a wink of an eye, and transfer/merge the database to another forum (BSD based) in a matter of hours

Hopefully this won't happen, and phpBB will stay GPL 2 and never change to GPL 3.
I believe I heard that Linus Torvalds (The man behind Linux) has no plans to go to GPL 3.
Time will tell.
If anyone wants to follow what is happening with GPL3, go to
www.osnews.com for updates.
-kwag