Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 23rd Mar 2007 17:49 UTC, submitted by anonymous
GNU, GPL, Open Source Bruce Perens writes: "There's been a lot of talk about GPL version 3: whether it goes too far to be acceptable to business, whether the Linux kernel developers will ever switch to it, whether our community will fork or undergo unrest over it. Much of that talk is based on a poor understanding of the GPL3 terms, and with release of the new license imminent, it's time to clear that up."
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RE[3]: re
by andrewg on Fri 23rd Mar 2007 19:15 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: re"
andrewg
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Perhaps the question is, "Whats the point of giving back to the community if your clients are the only members of the community indemnified against microsoft patents?"

Sort of defeats half the point of the GPL community i.e. to stand together against IP attacks.

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