Users will be free to comment on the upcoming complex and technical draft versions of the GNU General Public License 3.0 in an easy way, according to Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation. However, Moglen said Wednesday, speaking at the Open Source Business Conference here, the rewrite of the GPL is not an election and there will be no voting on its clauses.
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It's certainly a non sequitur, that's for sure. Technology news interests me but I don't take a passionate view on the GPL either way. From what I gather, the new GPL licence being written without a democratic process seems perfectly sensible. For a start, how would one decide who was elligible for a vote? Could some arties have more votes.... it would be silly. The piece should be written by experts but with consultation from interested parties. Highly sensible.
And, speaking as a socialist of some 15 years standing, (and this is the only time I will ever mention this on a technology post), I can't say I see any "socialism" in it. I know two things about Stallman: 1. He looks like a tramp and 2. He's a liberal (in the old fashioned sense of the word, not the current American usage). I think the poor sod would baulk at the idea (and he probably does) that he and his colleagues are writing socialist licences.
Edited 2005-11-03 19:23
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2005-07-06
"Well, Snowball, all pigs are created equal. However, some pigs are more equal".
{puts on flame-retardant outfit}