Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 29th Sep 2007 21:24 UTC, submitted by Kishe
"A research firm serving the mobile phone industry has published an 18-page whitepaper about open source licensing. Entitled 'GPLv2 vs. GPLv3', the paper examines the meteoric rise of open source software, and the forces that shaped each license, before concluding with an extremely detailed point-by-point comparison."
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"I remember there was an interesting point made over machine-specific code through encryption (tivoisation) used in the context of casino gaming, voter machines, etc."
Much as some would agree with what you are saying...although GPL3 covers this very use through a sentence I particularly object to.
In the context of casino gaming & voting machines I would rather the code be available by *law* not some copyright license by an organization. Although to be fair I would to know of any casino of voting machine software that uses GPL at all.
Edited 2007-09-30 01:05
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2006-10-25
Anarchy aside, all freedoms are based on limits and restrictions of others freedoms.
Your freedom to own property, for example, depends on restricting other people's freedom to take that property from you.
Your freedom of speech is nothing more than a restriction on others "freedom" to suppress your speech.
And of course, you are free to choose whichever license best suits your project.
Of a more interesting subject of discussion, I remember there was an interesting point made over machine-specific code through encryption (tivoisation) used in the context of casino gaming, voter machines, etc. There may be cases in which the GPL3's freedoms are not ideal, and one would want to restrict in what ways it can be used or redistributed by choosing a more restrictive OSS license.
Edited 2007-09-30 00:02