__/ [ Roy Schestowitz ] on Thursday 03 August 2006 13:20 \__
> Free to Be GPL 3?
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> | Opinion: The second discussion draft of the GNU General Public
> | License Version 3 has prompted some to question the Free Software
> | Foundation's motives. eWEEK Labs' Jason Brooks finds the changes in
> | keeping with the spirit of the GPL, but thinks some compromise may be
> | in order.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1997722,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
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> Novell made the right decision even if for the wrong reasons
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> | Novell has decided not to use proprietary Linux modules such as the
> | NVidia accelerated driver. My first reaction was that Novell was
> | being needlessly idiotic. Then I read this article on OSWeekly.com, by
> | Matt Hartley. It calls out the leading Linux distributions for failing
> | to band together to pressure hardware vendors to pre-install Linux. I've
> | been saying basically the same thing for the past few years, so Ih
> | eartily agree with this article. It was then that it occurred to met
> | hat Novell may have made the right decision, even if for the wrong
> | reason.
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/trojan-infects-10000-computers/2006/08/03/1154198244503.html
Addendum: HP had some issues with IP in GPL version 3. The news is the
following.
HP may fork the GPL
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| Attempts to update the GPL have hit another glitch -- HP prefers the
| old version
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39280371,00.htm
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