Freedoms granted by the GPLvX [LWN.net]

Freedoms granted by the GPLvX

Posted Oct 20, 2006 3:20 UTC (Fri) by Arker (guest, #14205)
In reply to: Freedoms granted by the GPLvX by masuel
Parent article: FSF should separate GPLv3 changes (Linux.com)

Hope that helps a bit.

I don't disagree at all with what you're saying, but I don't see what it has to do with the earlier allegation of 'selective blindness' however. I suspect that those, Linus for instance, that have a real problem with the spirit of the GPL had ample warning and opportunity to omit the 'or later versions' clause, which was explicitly left out of the license itself to permit that, in fact.

I hope you recognise it is worthy of debate even if your point of view is that "enforcing code sharing" alone is naive/wrong.

I can see a worthy debate on some issues here, but not on whether or not v3 is in the same spirit. That question seems absolutely beyond question.

(Log in to post comments)

Freedoms granted by the GPLvX

Posted Oct 20, 2006 6:41 UTC (Fri) by masuel (guest, #28661) [Link]

> ... I don't see what it has to do with the earlier allegation
> of 'selective blindness'.

sorry for the confusion

As we have agreed the FSF view the GPL is about users freedom and some
developers view it as about enforcing sharing.

If the second party are not aware of the first parties intentions or
assume they are the same as there own then the "clarification" in the new
version could come as a bit of a shock. It is this mistake on the
*developers* part that I was classing as "selective blindness", the FSF
are far from blind...

It could, therefor, I feel be argued that "in spirit" is only true of the
FSF.

By changing the licence, any developers just meant "tit-for-tat sharing"
on there code but included the "...or later version" cause risk having
there code taken and extended under a licence that, from there point of
view, not in the same spirit.

Does this make sense?

(I know the bsd lot must be use to the feeling but its a new one to GPL
people...)