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?
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