The release of the draft will kick off months of debate over the content and exact wording of the license that will govern much open-source software for the foreseeable future.

This is the first time in 15 years that the GPL, which governs many open-source projects, including the Linux kernel, has been updated to reflect the current IT environment.

Sources said that the first draft will contain some type of patent protection and address the issues of intellectual property licensing, trusted computing and how to deal with software used over a network.

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