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The third revision of the General Public Licence has been out for just short of three weeks but plenty of people are already questioning why take-up has been so slow.

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mattflaschen

14 years 45 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago

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Answer: Take-up hasn't been slow.

Answer: Take-up hasn't been slow.

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aboutblank

14 years 45 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago

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Why does this matter if gpl2 software

Why does this matter if gpl2 software was licensed using the "or later clause". In this case, it doesn't matter if the author's software explicitly updated the licensing terms for further revisions of the software.

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kiba

14 years 45 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago

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I dismiss the talk of take-up been

I dismiss the talk of take-up been slow.

I attribute it to general bickering between different part of the community with a different view to grind.

The ideal of Free softwares are controversial.

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mattflaschen

14 years 45 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago

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aboutblank, if the software stays

aboutblank, if the software stays GPLv2 or later, people can take advantage of the weaknesses in GPLv2. If copyright holders want users to have the benefit of anti-tivoization, no mandatory DRM, patent licenses for all recipients, etc. they have to go to GPLv3 (possibly or later).

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