An IT Manager's Journal article tries to clear up misunderstandings about the controversial GPLv3. It discusses several common points of controversy and misunderstanding, and notes that discussion of these points is ongoing.
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Member since:2005-06-30
Your comment seems very much like a troll, but to respond, GPLv3 is intended to address concerns and questions raised by GPLv2. It may not address everything perfectly, but legal issues are often difficult to address perfectly. I don't necessarily agree with the everything in GPLv3, but I give the FSF credit for trying to make it a good license.
Member since:2005-10-02
Personally I'm not against the goal of the GPL v3. The goals are quite logical considering the four freedoms. And since the license is meant to protect those four freedoms the license cannot be much different than it is.
However: I do complain about the language used. It is too longwinded and difficult to understand. And unnecessarily so. OTOH, I don't think it can be fixed for a long time, though moving the four freedoms from the preamble to the actual license might make that easier (though perhaps not in USA).
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2006-01-11
GPLv2, and now you throw GPLv3 at us!