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Torvalds Critiques of GPLv3 and FSF Refuted

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-for-a-face-to-face dept.

j00bar writes "After Linus Torvalds' impassioned critiques of the second draft of GPLv3 and the community process the FSF has organized, Newsforge's Bruce Byfield discovered in conversations with the members of the GPLv3 committees that the committee members disagree; they believe not only has the FSF been responsive to the committees' feedback but also that the second draft includes some modifications in response to Torvalds' earlier criticisms." NewsForge and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

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  1. Re:The GPL needs to go by Godji · · Score: 3, Funny

    Furthermore, after reviewing this GPL our lawyers advised us that any
    products compiled with GPL'ed tools - such as gcc - would also have to
    its source code released. This was simply unacceptable.

    You sure have some really dumb lawyers. How much do you pay them?

  2. Re:GNU project non-existent? by unix_core · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Theo da Raadt (of OpenBSD) has proposed writing a faster (in compile-time not run-time), more secure/strict compiler."

    Well, I've proposed releasing Windows Vista under the GPL.