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GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon?

Posted by Zonk on from the fine-print dept.

Michael Ferris writes "Is this the start of a shakedown by the GNU folks? Michael Singer writes that Eben Moglen and the folks rewriting the GPL are looking at a proposal where companies would be required to pay money if they use GPLed software, even if they don't redistribute the software." From the article: "The current version of the GPL, which was last updated in 1991, fails to trigger the open source license if a company alters the code, but does not distribute its software through a CD or floppy disk...the [current] rule does not apply to companies that distribute software as a service, such as Google and eBay, or even dual-license companies like Sleepycat."

2 of 582 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Future versions of the GPL by Jeffrey+Baker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Touché, résumé, ét cétéra

  2. Re:Future versions of the GPL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    [option]-e, then e