Star Will Sun Use GPLv3?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 2nd Dec 2006 00:38 UTC, submitted by Bob
SUN Microsystems "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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tomcat
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2006-01-06

Anti-patent and anti-drm provisions work extremely well in the end-users best interest. End-users' best interests are best served by software with no DRM and no patents encumbering it.

Serving end-users isn't the only consideration for Sun, though. Sun has to protect its own investments first; otherwise, there won't be a Sun Microsystems to defend for long.

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