Novell Worries About GPL v3

An anonymous reader writes "In its annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006, Novell expressed concerns over how the new version of the GPL may affect their business. Microsoft might stop distributing Suse coupons if the GPL version 3 interferes with their agreement or puts Microsoft's patents at risk, ultimately causing Novell's business and operating results to be adversely affected."

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Re:oh no!

[jellomizer]

Ok so loose all corprate players and make sure all your work and effors in creating an OSS project goes unnoticed. It seems like many of you OSS guys have gotten beaten up from people who **Gasp** wants to make money. So you keep changing the rules to make sure that they can't. I know I avoid making any programs GPL because it takes away to many of my rights as a developer. GPL 3 is an attempt to try to keep people from doing "evil stuff" But all it will accomplish is detracting more people away from it. So they will do just as much "evil stuff" if not more, because they are not bound by the rules of GPL, where earlier versions which were more lax companies are more willing to comprimise and so some "good stuff" for it. But if you make it so strick that companies cant use it then GPL will Die. Myself would say when that happens Ill say good ridden.

Don't Get me wrong I am OK with GPL 2 but I more prefer the BSD license. But I feel GPL 3.0 just goes to far to be controlling, on what you can and can't do.