Pixline wrote:
Maybe is a little too early to talk about that? What's wrong with GPL2?
At least, we can read it without a lawyer, unlike GPL3. I'm not pleased
to release something under a license that needs a FAQ: the license can
have legal value, but what about the FAQ?
That's both an advantage and a disadvantage. The ability to read ti
without a lawyer makes it weaker in court. (Not directly: it's just that
some of the less controversial changes in GPL3 were designed to address
specific legal concerns and make the language clearer to lawyers and
judges.)
Here's one specific advantage of GPL3: it is much more compatible with
non-U.S. legal systems. GPLv2 had some problems in a number of
jurisdictions that GPLv3 does not. That may be significant even if you
don't care about issues like DRM and Tivoisation one way or the other.
--
Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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