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GPLv3 is designed to ensure the software user's freedom

GPLv3 is designed to ensure the software user's freedom

Posted Oct 26, 2006 2:54 UTC (Thu) by bignose (subscriber, #40)
In reply to: GPLv3 is designed to ensure the software user's freedom by bojan
Parent article: Linux: GPLv3, DRM, and Exceptions (KernelTrap.org)

> this would have a side effect of killing the development efforts of many of those developers. So, instead of just killing "non-free distribution", communities and a lot of contributions useful elsewhere would be killed with it as well.

I guess our crystal balls must be tuned to different futures. I plan to keep working toward the future I see in mine.

Thanks for the discussion, I'm stopping here.


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GPLv3 is designed to ensure the software user's freedom

Posted Oct 26, 2006 3:00 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]

> Thanks for the discussion, I'm stopping here.

Thanks for your time. I enjoyed the discussion.

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