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GPL v3 Coming Out in 2007?
gentoo1337 writes "Eben Moglen of the FSF speaks out in this ZDNet article, noting that GPL v3 may be publicly drafted in early 2006, and in force one year later. The process is very sensitive (noting concerns of forking in the Linux world), but Eben Moglen is optimistic: 'When it's all over, people are going to say, "All that talking for just that much change?" [...] We will do no harm. If we think (some change) may have any unintended consequences, we will not recommend making it.' Controversies aside, there is some good news -- Richard Stallman aims to 'lower barriers that today prevent the mixing of software covered by the GPL and other licenses.' The earlier Slashdot discussion contains complementary info about the intentions of FSF."
What could possibly be so important that we need another GPL? Maybe RMS is going to take back everything he said and be like "Just Kidding...Non-Free Software is Okay by us."
That would mean that the new GPL will be out just in time for Richard Stallman's next bath!
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
I actually don't like the GPL, it is full of restrictions, any "licence" to use software is silly in my view, I don't need a licence to use a knife and fork, why a computer program?
I'd rather a licence free product distributed with full sourcecode, this means any one can do what they WANT with it WITHOUT ANY restriction.
If you release the source code, then all your interfaces are public.
"I'm sure the various BSD/MIT license advocates, who are "using" the additional rights granted to them under copyright by the GPL to use, say GCC, would love to have a "say" in it. Specifically, they would like it to give free reign for redistribution. Shut your pie hole."
The BSD license is great if you don't want any contributions back from the community, thus defeating the entire point of open source development... I've got alot more to say about this here.
"A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
Who's going to switch to the new GPL license when it's finished and why (not)?
Personally, if I were to adopt the 3rd GPL license, I'd ditch the "automatic" part of the license which would assume the latest GPL version always (see Linux's GPL license). I think RMS is a bit of a zealot and I wouldn't give the rights to my code to any radical fanatic, not even a "left-wing" radical fanatic.
I just hope they manage to chop off a few of the paragraphs of legalese; why does the GPL have to be so huge?
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Either that, or he thinks that nobody has any right to express (or hear) any opinion except his.
RMS is absolutely convinced that he's always right, and anyone who disagrees with him is always wrong. And he's more than willing to assert that in the most direct way possible.
So yes, he's an asshole.
Max
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