__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 26 September 2006 05:51 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 25 September 2006 23:36 \__
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>>> Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Mark Kent wrote:
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>>>>> thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> espoused:
>>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> True. I guess you identified the root of the problem. Licenses
>>>>>>> needn't be modified unless a wave of new threats is rising (notably
>>>>>>> DRM in this case).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> DRM, and I seem to remember patent issues raising their ugly little
>>>>>> heads. Groklaw has covered the debate quite a bit, though I'll admit
>>>>>> to not paying a whole lot of attention to the details.
>>>>>
>>>>> In a few years, the reasons for GPL3 will seem so clear and obvious,
>>>>> that few will recall why anyone argued against it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Restricting the freedom of people in order to further business
>>>>> interests is /never/ good, not even for businesses.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems a lot of people disagree on GPL3. This includes Linus Torvalds
>>>> and the kernel maintainers
>>>> And it seems they have quite some valid reasons to reject the currently
>>>> proposed GPL3 entirely
>>>
>>> I fully appreciate that there's disagreement; I just think the
>>> long-term significance of the issues is less than clear to the
>>> naysayers.
>>
>> I'm with the FSF on this one, as I said before. OSDL goes for compliance
>> and blind acceptance, IMO. Stand for nothing, then fall for anything.
>
> What do you think that the OSDL position is?
Same as that of the kernel hackers, I assume. They are, after all, funded by
OSDL, as well as the core of it, I suppose. The mailing lists pretty much
reflect on this, but there's also Portland and all those DE's that are
bound.
Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
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| The Free Software Foundation urgently needs to explain how software
| governed by the current General Public License will interact with that
| governed by a successor now under development, the leader of the Open
| Source Development Labs said Wednesday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6117785.html
Some background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSDL
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