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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. Heh, here comes Slashdot's reaction: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    O RLY?

  2. Re:Nice but by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd like someone at linux.com to explain the rationale behind publishing one brief clip per day over the course of the week, instead of just publishing the interview. I'm not saying its a horrible thing to do.. just can't figure out why.
    Well let's see...
    1. ...because nobody visits Linux.com , it's about as much of a thundering success as sendmail.net was (archive link) at being a "tech news portal"
    2. because the only property keeping VA Software afloat these days is Slashdot (especially after their "buy proprietary sourceforge as a way to efficiently fire your American employees and farm work out to India!" campaign fell on its ass)
    3. and because making content on a regular basis is hard, and the ten-little-pieces technique seems to be working for the "gaming news" properties they're trying desperately to emulate in hopes of turning enough ad-revenue hits out to justify their continued employment.
    That enough explanation? :-)
  3. Re:Opensource software sucks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    horse penis