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[News] GPLv3 Progress and Linus Torvalds on Microsoft's Play

  • Subject: [News] GPLv3 Progress and Linus Torvalds on Microsoft's Play
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:42:47 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Conversions to GPLv3 from v2...moving slowly

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| Why is the uptake so tepid? Well, the rampant FUD around v3 probably 
| helped, but I don't think that's the main issue. I actually think the 
| primary problem is that GPLv3 didn't go far enough, in many ways. It's 
| an updated version of GPLv2, which is good, but doesn't resolve some 
| of the industry's most pressing issues, like the ASP loophole.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Still, it's a good license, and I think the adoption will continue 
| and accelerate as people grok it better. I particularly think that 
| it will find adherents in companies and communities that have used 
| quasi-open source licenses. It allows for reasonable attribution, 
| for one thing, which may serve to obviate the whole MPL+attribution 
| debate.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9741324-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog

Linus Torvalds Speaks: Have You Something To Ask?

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| Linus: "Personally, I think it's just posturing. And if it results in more 
| companies doing patent cross-licencing with Microsoft, I think Microsoft will 
| be happy - that may well be the primary motivation. But I'm not a lawyer, nor 
| do I intend to start playing one on TV (or in the tech press). So this is 
| just my personal interpretation. The fact that Microsoft didn't actually name 
| any of the patents makes me think it's just FUD and hot air."     
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=20212&magid=11

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