____/ BearItAll on Monday 02 July 2007 09:07 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> GPL3 welcomed by IBM, Red Hat, Novell, MySQL
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>> | The GPL is the most widely used license in the open-source realm. More
>> | than 30,000 projects, which is about 66 percent of the open-source
>> | projects tracked by the Freshmeat site, use the GPL.
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>
http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/GPL3-welcomed-by-IBM-Red-Hat-Novell-MySQL/0,339028227,339279403,00.htm
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>
> That is good, that the big names come out and fully endorse it, it needs an
> early boost. I respect Richard Stallman, my concern was based on the simple
> idea of 'are we digging ourselves a hole?'.
It was never the case. Don't call me a paranoid when I say that Microsoft has
been amplifying anti-GPL(v3) noise for the past few months. Watching
the 'news' on GPLv3 had the same effect on people as Fox has on people who
watch the 'War in Iraq'.
> We need to protect the small developers, but also must not alienate the big
> developers, we need the likes of IBM and IBM need to be able to make an
> income from this.
Yes. Google is there as well. See:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2132480,00.asp
[Chris Dibona:] The latest revision [of GPLv3] is actually pretty good.
Google supports it not just because what's bad for Microsoft is Goodle for
Google. :-)
> Reports likes this make it very clear to industry that Linux under GPLv3 is
> good for commecial industry as well as the layman.
Wait until the fog clears up.
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| "A survey of open-source programming experts that start-up OpenLogic pays to
| resolve software troubles has revealed some favorable feelings about the new
| third draft of the General Public License (GPL).
|
| Of the 45 people who responded, 50 percent said they believed GPL 3 is
| good for the open-source programming movement. That’s not a majority by
| any stretch of the imagination, but it’s three times the 16 percent who
| said they believed GPL 3 wasn’t good for open source. And 30 percent said
| they weren’t sure."
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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6173244.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Remember the 'professor' that Microsoft hired recently for a 'study' on GPLv3
(only like 11% of the people he contacted actually responded, yet he
considered their collective opinion valid) and remember all those Microsoft
lobbying arms that warned about the 'dangers' of GPLv3. They get paid by Bill
Gates, just like Jeff Jones.
I'm really annoyed to see how a rich company can completely change perception
and make a vanilla ice cream seem like a pile of poo. It's all about the
money.
> (and in a wee small voice he adds)
> Why then do I not feel very confident about it.
Have you read the licence yet?
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