In article <1831666.JJoztZdk1o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
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> Next Draft of GPL 3 to Address Microsoft-Novell Deal
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> | The statement said the GPL is designed to ensure that redistributors
> | of the program respect the freedom of those further downstream.
> | "The GPL defends the freedom of all users by blocking the known
> | methods of making free software proprietary," it said.
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> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2107936,00.asp
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> You must stop and wonder if somebody is pulling string in order to make
> developers fear GPLv3 and then reject everything that can defend code from
> Novell-type deals. See essay below.
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> Related:
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> Clearing up anti-GPL3 FUD
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> | Some of the bad publicity about GPL3 is deliberate. A particularly
> | bad article by Dan Lyons of Forbes magazine painted an offensive
> | picture of GPL3 and Richard Stallman, even accusing Stallman of
> | having sex with flowers (!!!) after Lyons failed to comprehend
> | a scientific joke.
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> http://technocrat.net/d/2007/3/22/16651/
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> Next GPL3 Draft to be Released on Wednesday
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> | At the FSF general meeting today, Richard Stallman announced that the
> | third discussion draft of GPL version 3 will be released on
> | Wednesday and will be open for public comment.
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> http://technocrat.net/d/2007/3/24/16783/
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> Moglen's Speech on The World After GPL3
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> | In his speech at the FSF general meeting, Moglen said that the
> | patent offensive that Microsoft started with the Novell-Microsoft
> | agreement was only the onset of a long intended campaign, and will
> | continue. He feels that new provisions in GPL3 will be one essential
> | component of fighting that campaign, but not the only essential
I do believe that Dell will survive to sell a trillion Linux PCs out the
door and that the Novell traitors will die as the latest MS victim.
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