http://news.com.com/Linux+lab+GPL+clarification+needed+ASAP/2100-7344_3-6117785.html?tag=nefd.top (Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP)
------ FSF attorney Eben Moglen met members of a committee of corporate powers on Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicago, said OSDL Chief Executive Stuart Cohen. There, they raised an issue that ODSL has heard about from many concerned parties, Cohen said: How will GPLv2 and GPLv3 software coexist? "We've been at this nine months. It's time to get specific. It's time for the FSF to write it down and say what the rules are," Cohen said. Moglen, however, has a different assessment and indicated he's not likely to clarify the issue for now. "It is premature to comment, in my view, on the relation between GPLv2-licensed code and GPLv3-licensed code until the final provisions of GPLv3 are known, but this at any rate does not strike me as an issue," he told CNET News.com. It's not the first time Moglen has stood his ground in the face of pressure from corporate interests who want a say in GPLv3. Moglen also has downplayed concerns from Hewlett-Packard that the current draft of GPLv3 has unacceptable patent provisions. The connection between GPLv2 and GPLv3 software has been under discussion at the Chicago meetings, Cohen said. ------ regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
