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
18 years 31 weeks 8 hours 26 min ago
Answer: Take-up hasn't been slow.
Answer: Take-up hasn't been slow.
aboutblank
18 years 31 weeks 5 hours 34 min ago
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.
kiba
18 years 31 weeks 42 min 40 sec ago
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.
mattflaschen
18 years 30 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago
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).