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[T]his third version of the General Public License can be simply written “GPL v.” – where “v” stands not for “version” but for “vendetta.”
There’s little doubt that this GPL 3 draft is a vendetta against the patent non-assertion agreement we saw in the Microsoft and Novell deal. But it is also aimed at the use of technological protection measures like digital rights management. Overall, these new additions will hurt the open source software community by elevating code over the desires of the marketplace. Subsequent headings:
Turning the Four Freedoms into the Ten Commandments
GPL 3 Elevates Code over Consumers and Developers
There’s No Reason to “Upgrade” to GPL 3
A Bonfire of the Vanities?
posted by James DeLong @ 8:24 AM | Software
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