7 wrote:
> Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Thursday 25 October 2007 08:48 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> < snip >
>>>>
>>>>> GPLv3 adoption on track, experts say
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | In the end, for the FSF, the measure of the GPLv3's success will be,
>>>>> | not how widely it used, but whether it can protect software freedom.
>>>>> | "What does success mean?" Brown asks. "I think it's important not to
>>>>> | set some arbitrary target about what success means. It's not a
>>>>> | numbers game. It's about how do you get people to value the aims of
>>>>> | GPLv3. Because if you don't value the freedoms of the GPL, then the
>>>>> | question of GPLing isn't about freedom. It's a question of technical
>>>>> | considerations."
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.linux.com/feature/119880
>>>>
>>>> /quote
>>>> From its survey of 380 developers, Evans Data concluded that "only" 6%
>>>> of developers working on FOSS have adopted GPLv3. Even more seriously,
>>>> it claimed that two-thirds of those surveyed did not plan to adopt
>>>> GPLv3 in the next year, and 43% would never switch. The company said
>>>> that "almost twice as many would be less likely to join a project that
>>>> implements GPLv3 than would be more likely to join," although without
>>>> giving exact figures in the announcement of the results.
>>>> /unquote
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You can weasel word all you want: If 43% of developers say they would
>>>> *never* use GPL3, and twice as many would be lesss likely to join a
>>>> GPL3 project than the number who would, it simply indicates that GPL3
>>>> is a gigantic failure. As it rightfully should be. It is idiotic, it is
>>>> wrong and it mingles things which should never have to do anything with
>>>> a *licence*
>>>>
>>>> In short: It should be scrapped
>>>
>>> I provided about 10 references. You selected one of them and then
>>> quote-mined the article for one survey (among several others, some
>>> positive) which reveals a negative picture. You know, Microsoft funded
>>> some GPLv3 surveys too and got busted. It wasn't surprising to see the
>>> outcome of these surveys.
>>>
>>
>> In short: You select the ones you like. And then disregard those you
>> don't like because they contradict your GPL3-cult.
>> Why am I not surprised?
>
> No. Your problem is your dumbness in insisting no one
> should use GPL3 because the sky would fall down.
> It didn't.
> Now Get over it.
> Plenty of projects are adopting GPL3.
> So will I.
Fine. I will *never*
Nothing I write will *ever* be released under a "GPL2 or later" clause.
Not ever
--
Linux is simply a fad that has been generated by the media
|
|
