Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> OpenOffice.org goes to LGPLv3
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| You may recall that a team from Sun devoted a great deal of time to the
>| process of drafting the GPLv3. Our engagement was not just the monitoring
>| exercise that I suspect it was for many of the corporate participants. It was
>| always my hope that Sun would use the license for significant software
>| projects.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/openoffice_org_goes_to_lgplv3
>
> This ought to shut up the remaining critics who say that "only small projects
> choose GPLv3". Qt, Samba, SugarCRM...
>
It's a happy moment indeed, and although I know we have several folk who
are not in agreement yet, I sincerely hope that over time, they'll begin
to see the advantages of GPLv3. v2 has too many loopholes which enable
BSDisation of the GPL.
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