Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> The next GNU Compiler Collection will be released under GPLv3
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Version 4.2.1 of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has been released. "GCC
>| 4.2.1 will be the last release of GCC covered by version 2 of the GNU General
>| Public License. All future releases will be released under GPL version 3," it
>| says in the announcement. The recently published GPLv3 is not compatible with
>| GPLv2.
> `----
>
> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/93139/from/rss09
>
> GNU version of GPL gives feds a break
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The latest version of the General Public License, released last month by the
>| Free Software Foundation (FSF), has something to please or displease just
>| about everyone. But agencies and their contractors should be happy with an
>| exception carved out for them that will make it easier to keep sensitive
>| federal software code under wraps.
> `----
>
> http://www.gcn.com/print/26_18/44699-1.html
>
So government funded software will not benefit from the open-source
development process. That doesn't sound like much of an advantage to
me, in fact, it sounds like an excellent route to circumvent the
provisions of the GPL. Naivety rules!
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