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GPL Revision Coming Soon

ebresie writes "E-Week makes mention that GPL Version 3 is coming soon which will revise the GPL for the first time in a while."

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  1. HOWTO: How to act like Euro-trash v0.1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1. Play armchair commander-in-chief, claim the United States war on Iraq was illegal, and revel in the fact there were no WMDs. Your hindsight is 20/20, making you the perfect leader.

    2. Support Kerry even though you know jack shit about politics in the U.S. Here's one for you: the Democrats bow down to special interests, such as the union thugs that burned a swatstika into a Republican politician's yard. Maybe, just maybe, people voted for Bush because they distrust the Democratic party more than the Republicans?

    3. Bitch and moan that you couldn't vote for the President because you live in another country. If you think you know how America should run itself, why don't you move here? If you lived here, you'd at least be better able to afford a house.

    4. Complain about religious fundamentalists in the U.S. Forget the fact that the reason why they are here is because they left you behind. Also forget the fact that your governments funnel tax money into teaching religion in public schools, something that Americans frown upon.

    5. Tell the world you have more freedom than Americans, even though you can't own guns, have to pay annual taxes on your TVs, radios, and possibly taxes on your computers in the future, too.

    6. Think of your country's patent system as superior because it does not defend software patents. Completely forget the fact that your country produces practically no software worth buying. There's obviously no connection there.

    7. Smile smugly at the fact your country signed the Kyoto treaty, even though your country probably puts out as much as, if not more, air pollution per square unit of land than the United States judging by aerial graphs of chemical emissions. Your cities are well known for their smog and filth.

    and finally,

    8. Compare Bush to Hitler even though Saddam Hussein was the one doing the gassing.

  2. Here's an idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Dump the communist dreamland that is the GPL and go with the BSD license instead.

  3. Flouride? by sean.peters · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is that some extractive of flour? I suspect you meant to say "fluoride".

    Sean

  4. Re: Commie in our midst <---------- by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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    Commie in our midst <---------->

  5. But GPL version 4 by oldwarrior · · Score: -1, Troll

    is widely hinted at returning to a simpler and more meaninful definition by regarding GPL4 compliancy as "Public Domain", given freely to humanity to be used in any way whatsoever by whomever, forever. And if you make money doing it, we don't care. Pbbbbbblfffffft. :P

    --
    If it were done when 'tis done, then t'were well it were done quickly... MacBeth
  6. A Hopeful Improvement is by syntap · · Score: 0, Troll

    that it will be non-viral now and Microsoft will be happy with it. I believe they will call it "an even playing field."

  7. Shroeder, Man with No Mission by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Shroeder, Man with No Mission. We want Willie back! And don't get me started on France. If it weren't for EVERYBODY else, France would be a filled with nothing but .. commies. Peace, man, and don't bust a vein.

  8. Re:Man, this brings a tear to my eye. . . by Quill_28 · · Score: 1, Troll

    >What about the Guy Who Wants to Make a Few Bucks Writing Useful Software So He Can Pay His Rent?

    Didn't you know that guy is doing something immoral, at least according to RMS.