A group of 29 Linux kernel developers have recently come together and produced a position statement on GPLv3 [.pdf|.txt] explaining why they don't like the GPLv3. "The three key objections noted in section 5 are individually and collectively sufficient reason for us to reject the current licence proposal. [...] We foresee the release of GPLv3 portends the Balkanisation of the entire Open Source Universe upon which we rely." They've also run a GPLv3 poll.
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Member since:2005-07-24
"""In fact, the WRT54GL is a much better unit than the VxWorks one,"""
That may be. But head on down to your local brick and mortar to see which of the two is the commercial success.
I just checked, and CompUSA, Best Buy, Walmart, Office Depot, and OfficeMax all carry the G. None offer the GL.
You pretty much have to search amazon and a handful of other online outlets to find a GL.
At any rate, I'm a Linux advocate, and my point is not to trash embedded FOSS or to debate the relative merits of the G and GL to the consumer, but to point out that any leverage our freeby code gets us with the manufacturers in this market is miniscule.
It's insane to think that GPLv3 is going to have any effect but to exclude GPL'd software from consideration.
Member since:2006-01-03
"I'm a Linux advocate, and my point is not to trash embedded FOSS or to debate the relative merits of the G and GL to the consumer"
I understood that, I was just making a side note about the device itself.
"It's insane to think that GPLv3 is going to have any effect but to exclude GPL'd software from consideration."
Well, it's worse than that. Not only some embedded companies will just look for other options, but the whole industry will get that FOSS sour taste back. You know, that whole "GPL is cancer" and "FOSS advocates are communists".
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2006-01-03
"To their credit, the Linux-based unit, now called the WRT54GL, is still available "for Linux enthusiasts"... for the old price, which is 34% higher than the new."
In fact, the WRT54GL is a much better unit than the VxWorks one, even if you don't want to replace the original Linksys firmware. (Cutting the memory in half wasn't just a result of switching OSes, but also the result from the loss of functionality.)