____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 22 January 2008 08:53 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus Torvalds
>>
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>>| Like you, I?m pragmatic, not dogmatic. I believe software wants to be used
>>| and shared, but licensing issues keep getting in the way. As an industry,
>>| we?re making this way too hard on ourselves. We?re wasting our energies on
>>| unproductive issues and unnecessary restrictions. Something?s got to give.
>>|
>>| GPLv2, because of its ubiquity and common sense values, plays a central
>>| role in where we are today. It deserves a lot of credit, but it?s not
>>| without its flaws. GPLv3 started off trying to fix some of the problems but
>>| it became highly politicised and mixed up with the software equivalent of
>>| ?social engineering?. Just look at the confusing distinction it makes
>>| between user and non-user products for example.
>> `----
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>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=512
>>
>>
>> Related:
>>
>> Linux guru backs new GNU licence
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>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Open source guru Alan Cox has voiced his support for the
>>| controversial version 3.0 of the GNU General Public Licence
>>| in an exclusive podcast interview with Computer Weekly.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/10/223693/linux-guru-backs-new-gnu-licence.htm
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> Everyone will realise, in the end, that Tivoisation is not significantly
> different to taking BSD code and using it without giving anything back.
Linus recently said, "Linux is much bigger than me." He ought to realise that
Linux is also far bigger than Tivo. This ought to stop soon, before companies
see Linus' stance as safe a path to pulling more Tivos.
Just before the new year began, I raised the issue of GPLv3 in WordPress. The
lead developers were curious enough and one of them /did/ say that he met
someone who wanted to 'pull a Tivo' on WordPress. It looks as though WP will
go v3 some time in the future, but I had to argue with Tivo apologists, who in
turn seemed like they simply didn't like the GNU philosophy _in general_, just
as Stallman used to warn.
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