Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

Posted Sep 25, 2006 15:02 UTC (Mon) by sepreece (guest, #19270)
In reply to: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3 by jstAusr
Parent article: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

I don't think they're "blaming the FSF" for anything except potentially fragmenting the development community. THey're just saying that GPLv3 draft 2 is not in the same spirit that they licensed their code under and they do not intend to change to use the new version if it contains the indicated additional conditions.

I do agree that the FSF is pursuing its goals as it did from the beginning, and that like every politically-oriented organization, it is interpreting success as a mandate to expand its reach. Many organizations find out that overreaching erodes their support base, eventually to the point that their community splinters and their group becomes marginal.