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GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the license-to-chill dept.

null etc. writes "MSNBC is running an article about how upcoming changes to the GPL will retaliate against companies that patent software or produce DRM'ed products. "Software patents are clearly a menace to society and innovation. We like this to be more explicit. The basic idea is that if someone patents software, he loses the right to use free software. It's like a patent retaliation clause.""

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  1. Re:/., the foxnews of tech reporting by Brento · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, the GPL3 will not have these provision? How do I know?

    Because you phrase everything as a question so people give you all the answers?

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  2. Re:Let's Hope this Gets Some Legal Teeth by njcoder · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Did anybody notice that this poster and the article he's replying to are THE SAME PERSON."

    Stop being such an elitist prick... the slashdot, hell the internet in general, should not discriminate against schizophrenics. :)

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  3. Re:Taxing Your Internet Connection by SpacePunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Naw, by espousing a tax it is communist nerdism.

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  4. Re:It depends on the specifics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why beat around the bush? the clause should read "This License (GPL V. 3) is revoked if a person or company is in anyway affiliated with microsoft or SCO"

  5. Re:What about software under older GPL? Re:Taxatio by geminidomino · · Score: 2, Funny

    I could have sworn I typed LinuS...