Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> How GPLv3 tackles license proliferation
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> | This guest column by a representative of the Free Software
> | Foundation Europe (FSFE) discusses proposed provisions in a
> | future version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3)
> | that are intended to reduce open-source license proliferation,
> | by making the GPL more flexible.
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7188273245.html
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> Too bad the GPL could not successfully eliminate a certain 'partnership'.
GPL3 will eliminate tivoization of hardware - the use of
checksums and the like to prevent modified software and free
software running on hardware. Companies like tivo$ have the
audacity to use open source software and mix it with other
proprietory techniques to prevent modified software running
on their hardware. GPL3 is the only way to say no to this
kind of mis-use of free software.
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