Peter Köhlmann wrote:
> 7 wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Novell will fork any Open Source app that moves to GPL3!!
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>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Novell will definitely fork any open source software that moves to
>>> | GPLv3. This is not surprising given that Novell is now being
>>> | bankrolled by Microsoft. It also appears that Microsoft is willing to
>>> | fund such forks, in the name of interoperability.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://openubuntu.blogspot.com/2006/11
>> novell-will-fork-any-open-source-app.html
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>>
>> It won't work since the whole open source community will want
>> to shift to GPL3 all its updats to protect its investment in free
>> and unencumbered software.
>
> This is utter bullshit.
Why?
> Linus Torvalds *and* the kernel maintainers have
> already expressly told that the kernel will *not* be under GPL3, not now,
> not ever if the current state of the GPL3 stays the way it is
Who said Linux kernel??
The whole open source community != kernel developers alone.
And any way GPL3 has changed. May be they will accept
it sooner than later.
>> Within a year or two novel micoshaft crap will be toast.
>
> You don't know shit
We'll see.
Both were publicly trading insults yesterday.
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