Posted by: Administrator
on November 28, 2006 02:14 PM
If Novell, Sun, HP, and IBM etc...all refuse to back GPLv3 it won't be worth anything
Not true at all.
The GPL doesn't exist to please them, they are not the main developers or users of GPL'd software, and the free software community built a complete operating system before any of them even looked at the software.
I don't know why people think we are their dependents.
Their help is appreciated, and they have so far appreciated the level playing field that the GPL creates. They won't walk away if the GPL is updated to maintain that flatness (even if some might prefer if a bump that favours them could be made).
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Re:On GPLv3 - here's RMS's take
Posted by: Administrator on November 28, 2006 02:14 PMIf Novell, Sun, HP, and IBM etc...all refuse to back GPLv3 it won't be worth anything
Not true at all.
The GPL doesn't exist to please them, they are not the main developers or users of GPL'd software, and the free software community built a complete operating system before any of them even looked at the software.
I don't know why people think we are their dependents.
Their help is appreciated, and they have so far appreciated the level playing field that the GPL creates. They won't walk away if the GPL is updated to maintain that flatness (even if some might prefer if a bump that favours them could be made).
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