GPLv3 - The Changes from Draft to Draft

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 12th Nov 2006 20:02 UTC, submitted by deanlinkous

The European division of the Free Software Foundation has published a side-by-side comparison of the two drafts of the upcoming third revision of the GPL. All the removed or added lines are clearly marked.

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Side-by-side comparison

by ParaMouthBalls on Sun 12th Nov 2006 20:39 UTC

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2006-10-25

Side-by-side comparison of the two drafts of the upcoming third revision of the GPL. "Lets not compare apples with another apple here," they both taste the same.

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GPLv3

by aaronb on Sun 12th Nov 2006 20:44 UTC

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The second draft is easer to read. specifically the DRM section. Please keep the side-by-side comparisons coming.

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yea

by deanlinkous on Sun 12th Nov 2006 22:38 UTC

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2006-06-19

I thought it was a good, easily understandable comparison that clearly shows changes are being implemented.

Here is another good one IMO - The changes between GPLv2 and draft 2 of GPLv3
http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/diff-gplv2-draft2.en.html

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Huge changes to DRM section.

by Jody on Mon 13th Nov 2006 00:30 UTC

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2005-06-30

From this "Some countries have adopted laws prohibiting software that enables users to escape from Digital Restrictions Management. DRM is fundamentally incompatible with the purpose of the GPL"

To this: "Some computers are designed to deny users access to install or run modified versions of the software inside them. This is fundamentally incompatible with the purpose of the GPL"

I guess GPLv3 is no longer anti-DRM?

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RE: Huge changes to DRM section.

by dylansmrjones on Mon 13th Nov 2006 07:22 UTC in reply to "Huge changes to DRM section."

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2005-10-02

Nothing prevents you from using DRM with GPLv3 (no matter the draft). What you cannot do in both drafts is using DRM to prevent users from installing or running modified versions of the software.

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by deanlinkous on Mon 13th Nov 2006 00:34 UTC

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2006-06-19

v3 was never anti-DRM, DRM as usually implemented is anti-software freedoms. Now v3 allows a little wiggle room and make a allowance that would provide for both somewhat. Is it good enough for the almighty Linus? Stay tuned....

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