Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Legally Speaking: What GPLv3 Means for the Microsoft-Novell Pact
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> | The GPLv3 is not an agreement between two specific parties; instead,
> | it is an agreement between a community of software developers, on
> | the one hand, and one or more users of the software, on the other hand.
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> http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=24714
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I can go along with a lot that the writer says, except one point where he
distinguishes between open source and the free software movement.
OpenSource does not imply free and we have to keep that prominant to remain
attractive to software houses. They have to understand that they can be
OpenSource And commercial also that the rights of their software licence is
not diminished by the fact that they are open source. I don't think that
the part of the GPL3 that the writer is talking about needs to distinguish
between the two.
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> Related:
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> New GPL 3 Draft Imminent, Yet Final Release Delayed
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> | The GPL 3 drafting process was thrown for a loop by the surprise pact
> | Novell and Microsoft announced in November. The deal includes a
> | patent covenant that critics fear will give Novell and its customers
> | a legal immunity not shared by other developers. The GPL's author,
> | FSF president Richard Stallman, quickly pledged to patch loopholes
> | in the GPL 3 draft to prevent such tactics.
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http://www.channelweb.com/sections/allnews/article.jhtml?articleId=197008761&cid=ChannelWebNews
No one can really grumble at the delay, GPL3 has to be right for the sake of
attracting the less bold software houses as well as protecting those we
have and the users of our software.
By the way, I was browsing gormlessly in source forge the other day and the
open source for Windows has been quitely building momentun. The range of
software involved is very extensive including about ten shell replacements.
I didn't know they was a kde and gnome for MS Win machines.
Since Windows users tend to be swayed by the visible, rather than what works
and what doesn't, instead of promoting Linux we should just promote the
shells. Then once they get used to it maybe they will switch to Linux
proper from there.
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