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GPL 3 Forking Risks Discussed

Posted by Hemos on from the much-thunder-and-lightning dept.

sebFlyte writes ""I fear a lot of unpleasant forking action when the GPLv3 comes out." The words of Debian maintainer Matthew Palmer. ZDNet has an interesting look at the possibility of forking when GPLv3 emerges, with lots of reassurance from Eben Moglen (the FSF's chief lawyer)."

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  2. Re:Linux: GPL2 *and* GPL3 by dtfinch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Microsoft would bribe the FSF to add the clause "ALL YOUR CODEBASE ARE BELONG TO MICROSOFT"