On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 11:57, Luchezar Georgiev wrote:
> Do you remember the "executable compression" thread started here by the 
> GNU GPL guru Dave Turner? Here is what I found at his site 
> (http://web.novalis.org/history-of-fsm/slide-47.html):
> 
> Sept 3, 2003      Free Software Licensing in Context      GPL version 3
> 
> A new version of the GPL is coming
>    Real Soon Now
> * Minor updates throughout
> * Anti-DMCA clause
> * Clarified patent license grant
> * Source code must be available to users who use the software over a 
> network
> * Prototype: Affero license (http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html)
> 
> Copyright © 2003, Free Software Foundation. Verbatim copying permitted 
> provided this notice is preserved.
> 
> Indeed, it's known that R. M. Stallman has been writing the GNU GPL 
> Version 3 for many months:

Yes, Richard Stallman, Eben Moglen, and many others have been working on
the draft.

> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:02:56 -0400 Richard Stallman wrote:
> 
> > I intend to make the effort some day, but first I have to finish GPL 
> > version 3, which faces other difficult questions.
> 
> The GPL Version 2 was written almost 13 years ago and as we have seen, 
> really needs updating. So, my question to Dave Turner and anymore else 
> involved in the "kitchen" of the FSF, is: will this happen in 2004, when 
> can we expect it to happen, and do the quotes above still hold true?

As far as I know, they're still accurate.  The only thing that should
perhaps be added is "addresses Trusted Computing."  GPLv3 will be
released for review when it's done, and no sooner.  I can't give you a
firm date on that.  Real Soon Now is tongue-in-cheek: FSF sometimes
moves more slowly than people would like, but it's because we try to do
things right.  As you may have noticed, our hastiness on the Apache
license led to unnecessary anger on many sides.  We don't want that to
happen in the future.

-- 
-Dave Turner
GPL Compliance Engineer
Support my work: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=novalis&p=FSF



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