Freedoms granted by the GPLvX [LWN.net]

Freedoms granted by the GPLvX

Posted Oct 18, 2006 21:23 UTC (Wed) by RareCactus (guest, #41198)
In reply to: Freedoms granted by the GPLvX by drag
Parent article: FSF should separate GPLv3 changes (Linux.com)

EXACTLY.

Can you give me even one example of a practical developer in IT or embedded systems who likes this new license. No-- everyone realizes that it's just going to make it even harder to get corporate support for these projects. The only people who favor it are the politicos. And sometimes it seems like they do all the talking.

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Freedoms granted by the GPLvX

Posted Oct 20, 2006 0:36 UTC (Fri) by wookey (subscriber, #5501) [Link]

Me.

I develop embedded systems for a living, and I like GPLv3. Our company believes in the ethics part of Free Software as well as the practical advantages.

I'm sure you are right that some embedded manfacturers will not use GPLv3 software, but as numerous people have pointed out, that is only fair. Users are important, and deserve the same freedoms as the manufacturer (who is merely another user of the software in this context).

We are proud to give our users those freedoms, and hope and expect that people will buy our stuff because of it.

Wookey, Aleph One Ltd