<quote who="MJ Ray" date="Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 11:57:21AM +0000"> > "Benj. Mako Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <quote who=3D\"Glenn Maynard\" date=3D\"Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:14:25AM > > -0500\"> > > > The GPLv3 having such a clause has no relevance to its freeness. A > > > non- free restriction doesn't become free because the FSF decided to > > > use it. > > > > I never suggested that this is the case. I suggested that we should > > perhaps think a bit harder before we declare software (or some subset > > of software) under the most popular free software license in existance > > non-free than we do when we're only talking about some license that > > almost nobody uses. > > I don't think one can honestly call GPLv3 "the most popular free software > licence in existance" because it's not in existance yet
I was calling the GPL the most popular free software license in existence. This is quite clearly case with over 3/4 of all free software under the license. > The current draft and BROKEN drafting process are getting a lot of > criticism. The draft is certainly getting critism. Nobody thought that *any* new version of the GPL would be easy. That's why there is a public discussion process in the first place. Can you point me to other criticism of the process? > (The process should be changed to be > * open/accessible to all, but especially software creators In what ways is it not open to all? *Anyone* can make comments on the draft. There are sets of committees whose job it is to collect, summarize, comment on and present these comments to the FSF with recommendations of how to proceed. When these people want to track comments made or or make them theirselves, they use the publicly available mechanisms to do so. AFAIK, the Debian project is more fully represented on these committees than any single other project, company, or organization other than the FSF. > * transparent and public with full audit trails The conference was public. Minutes from the meetings of at least some of the committees are public. The results of all committee works are public. The comments are all public. What do you want? > * more international The FSF/SFLC is, AFAIK, planning a set of follow-up conferences on the GPL around the world including at least one in Europe and more in South America and the East Asia. They have spoken openly about this. Regards, Mako -- Benjamin Mako Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mako.cc/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]