Dan the sticker is at the last line of the article, free vs open. GPL 2 was about protecting the OSS developers (and hence free as in freedom). As I understand GPL 3 is about ensuring free as in free beer for the future.
Just my $0.02. dandantheitman wrote: > > Andrew Orlowski - the FSF lawyer has publically stated that the latest > release of the GPL is designed to break the Novell / Microsoft deal. > > Now I love open source as much as the next, and I am a big fan of > Novell and their products but when did the Free Software Foundation > decide that it was no longer about protecting the developers but > 'sticking' it to Microsoft. > > Am I wrong on this one guys ? > > daN > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/20/eben_moglen_on_microsoft_novell/ > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/20/eben_moglen_on_microsoft_novell/> > > -- > __________________________________________________________ > " They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin 1706 - 1790 > >
