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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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  1. Unpleasant forking by soniCron88 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "I fear a lot of unpleasant forking..." Oh, get the fork outta here. No such thing as an unpleasant fork. Unless she's got forking warts. Then it'll just fork you up big time.

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    Digital Sailor
  2. Licence the GPL more restrictivly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    with a Creative Commons Licence that noone can derive from it.