OSNews > Thread > "RE[7]: Important endorsement of GPLv3 and its process" by deanlinkous

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 2nd Dec 2006 00:38 UTC, submitted by Bob

"Over the last few weeks, I have had a few people ask me why Sun didn't choose GPL v3 for Freeing the Java platform. 'Does this mean you're siding with Linus?' they have asked me. they have said, 'because you chose GPL v2 only rather than GPLv2 or any later version as the license for the Java platform, preventing automatic use of GPL v3. You must be critical of it.' Those conclusions are not true at all. The answers are actually pretty straightforward, and when I discussed this matter with Richard Stallman he actually agreed we were making an acceptable choice here. I'll explain."

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RE[7]: Important endorsement of GPLv3 and its process

by deanlinkous on Sat 2nd Dec 2006 16:27 UTC in reply to "RE[6]: Important endorsement of GPLv3 and its process"

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What happens is that Novell may die thanks to "us" and the FSF. One less on the route....
Thats right! A dirty company goes to the dump. A million more spring up. The good ones move on, the bad ones fall. Redhat has been in business a long time.

Such is the power of GPL covered software, free software, so free you cannot catch it, cannot kill it, cannot snuff it out. It is a underground movement that is in plain view and nothing can be done about it. Free software ROCKS!

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