__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 22 March 2007 06:58 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Black Duck floats GPL 3 safety line
>>
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>>| Unless altered, the DRM provision will be one of GPL 3's biggest
>>| "structural incompatibilities" with GPL 2, according to Leven.
>>| Another potential problem are the proposed patent determination
>>| provisions. "We don't yet know if this will be in the final
>>| version... [but] GPL 2 doesn't mention either," he said.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/03/19/gpl_black_duck/
>>
>
> I suspect that GPL3 could be the best thing which ever happened to Black
> Duck, as well as, perhaps, the worst thing to happen to Novell since Mr
> Hovsepian took charge. Novell invented a whole new class of licence
> violation, so bad that the next release of GPL has had to be held up to
> take account of it.
The semi-apologists would say that Novell did us all a favour. They reported
an exploited a licence vulnerability. Now we can patch it once and for all.
But Linus likes his kernel promiscuous. I think it sets a very nagative
example and precedence for other companies to follow (e.g. MySQL AB).
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