License Discuss, The OSI recently received a question via our contact form, and I believe this group would able to provide some real insight and multiple prospectives. The contact has asked to remain anonymous, so I am asking on their behalf. Their question (slightly modified) is below.
I am curious of the open source community's position on appropriate use cases for the GNU GPL-2.0 or GPL-3.0 independent of the FSF's official preference for the upgraded license. I'm an amateur software developer specializing in Python game development. My goal ultimately is to develop a cross-platform RPG. My principal concern, then, involves keeping the title free and open-source, without — however — any limitations on the potential for hardware manufacturers to maintain their DRM policy and disallowing modification of their specific snapshot or release of my software. I worry about the legal ambiguity surrounding the GPL- 3.0's anti-DRM tivoization clause affecting the distribution of my software. I believe the person who submitted the question will be watching the discussion. If you have any thoughts on the topic I am sure they would appreciate your comments. Thank you, Patrick -- || | | || | || || | || | ||| | ||| Patrick Masson General Manager & Director, Open Source Initiative 855 El Camino Real, Ste 13A, #270 Palo Alto, CA 94301 United States Office: (415) 857-5398 Mobile: (970) 4MASSON Freenode: OSIMasson Email: [email protected] Website: www.opensource.org _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
