Wired News: Letter: Free Software Hurts U.S.
"An attack on the software license behind the Linux operating system has stirred up a free software controversy in Washington.

Earlier this week, three members of the House of Representatives, Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Jim Davis (D-Fla.), sent a note to 74 Democrats in Congress attacking Linux's GNU General Public License (GPL) as a threat to America's "innovation and security.""