Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th May 2007 17:22 UTC, submitted by FreeRhino
"One of the highlights of my visit to San Diego for the Red Hat Summit was the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with Professor Eben Moglen. From that interview, we have selected six segments on various topics for your viewing pleasure, and will be publishing one each day this week. First up, an explanation of all the things that GPLv3 is about other than the MS/Novell deal."
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BS. If they are creating a license that is to be used for community development, then they damn well better listen to the community.
But why is Eben trying to shift focus away from the important parts of the license? If the other things mattered so much we would be arguing about them.
Edited 2007-05-29 19:54
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There was a rather large controversy of Microsoft restricting the us of Vista under virtual machines. It shouldn't be surprising that open source developers and users find the introduction of a new license quite controversial since the freedom of the licenses was a large reason to switch to the software.
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I find it wildly ironic that a license designed to limit exploitation and maximize transparency in volunteer application development is the center of so much controversy. I don't think anybody puts up this much fuss when Microsoft, Adobe or Apple adjust their EULAs, despite their already draconian nature.
I, for one, appreciate that the FSF even bothers to listen to all the various opinions in this debate. They are under no obligation to give equal time to all the folks complaining, but I find it a very compelling example of the collaborative mindset of the FOSS community at large that they bother to do so.