Matthew Palmer wrote: > I fear a lot of unpleasant forking action when the GPLv3 comes out, if it > contains significant language changes along the lines of the GFDL (which I > believe it will, from statements I've read from RMS and Hasn Reiser, amongst > others), between people who decide to go "v2 only" and those who like v3 and > will go "v2 or later" or even "v3 or later", which will effectively produce > licence-incompatible forks.
:-( Let's hope that the powers that be have enough foresight to avoid this as much as possible. I think that the GPLv2 needs to be updated to, somehow, deal with the problem of software patents. Ok, IANAL, but I'd like to see a clause that says, "I won't sue you for any sw patents I might have covering this code". The phrasing would be tricky to get right, but you get my meaning. I am very worried about sw patents, and I'm hoping that the GPLv3 will address them to some extent. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
