Version 0.42 of Inkscape, a free-as-in-speech (GPL) drawing program for Windows and Linux that uses SVG as its native format, has been released. According to the web page, "The primary focus of 0.41 has been bug fixing. With over 100 bugs fixed since the 0.40 release, this significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and for international users. A number of large scale changes are planned for the 0.42 release, including converting the interface to use Gtkmm and the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM), which will provide the core to build scripting onto. If you'd like to join in the work, please drop by. "
Kiyut has released Sketsa 3.0, a $49 payware SVG editor written in Java. Version 3.0 supports plug-ins, adds a canvas background, and improves the user interface. Java 1.4.2 or later is required.