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Eben Moglen — GPLv3 Not About MS and Novell

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the having-to-restate-the-obvious dept.

Linux.com's Joe Barr was recently able to sit down with Professor Eben Moglen at the San Diego Red Hat Summit and discuss the GPLv3 and what it means beyond the Microsoft/Novell deal on video. "Professor Moglen explains briefly about GPLv3's work on globalization of the software license, preventing harm to others by members of the community, and the most contentious in earlier drafts, DRM."

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  1. Re:LOL by PoliTech · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    LAMO ... you said, "It's a shame I also can't run a betting pool about how likely I am to be told verbatim to again "shut the fuck up," in response to this as well."

    Then I respond to you reasonably...and yet you think it's good to reply thusly;

    "Maybe someone should sit _you_ down and explain to you why you are an idiot."

    Ok, that's a reasonable way to continue a discussion...in opposite world.

  2. Re:GPLv3 Not About MS and Novell by JimDaGeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Huh? Dude do you have like 3 brain cells?

    End-users don't own my GPL'd code. I do.
    No, you don't. If you release any code under the GPL, any user is granted rights to that code. Regardless of what crap you think. If you release "your" code under the GPL, I have full rights to modify, distribute or sell the code I got from you.
    --
    General, you are listening to a machine! Do the world a favor and don't act like one.