Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:43:25 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> GPL licences will co-exist, says author
>>
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>>| The co-author of the General Public Licence has conceded that, although
>>| the majority of the software governed by the Licence will move over
>>| to version 3.0, the second and third versions will have to co-exist.
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>> http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2162457/future-holds-dual-gpl-licences
>
> I'm sensing another "we've always been at war with eastasia" moment, like
> what happened with LGPL, when it suddenly became the "lesser" GPL license.
> GPL v3 will become the GGPL or Greater General Public License, LGPL will
> stay the same, and GPL will become the elephant on the coffee table nobody
> wants to talk about.
Agreed, except v3 will be the elephant, and GPL will still be what everyone
uses.
The only thing worse than a hippie is a contrived hippie.
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