The Torvalds Transcript (InformationWeek)

Posted Mar 21, 2007 20:18 UTC (Wed) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
Parent article: The Torvalds Transcript (InformationWeek)

"" Me, I just don't care about proprietary software. It's not "evil" or "immoral," it just doesn't matter. I think that Open Source can do better,... "

Agreed!... so the FSF success through the years rests on the *open and easy transfer* and *scale economy* of the FOSS model, and not on its *moral* attributes. And being absolutely true, as i belive it is, than no war against FSF campaigns is needed or even logic.

"" I absolutely love the GPLv2 -- because it embodies that "develop in the open" model. ""

Why cant v3 embody the same exact model, plus some extensions to address patents and DRM in a compatible way,.... extensions needed to plug legal holes capables of preventing the code of being used in a legal way, even by their own developers.

"" I don't want to limit what people can do with my code. I just want their improvements back. But if they do something stupid with it, that's their choice. ""

hmmm... even in a scenario where every computational machine from smartphone to supercomputer adopts draconian DRM protections, build with v2 code, and though all improvements are available, they are useless, because they can only run where and when the *keymaster* says so...

"" Now, I certainly hope that the final GPLv3 will simply not have those kinds of restrictions, so I'm not totally against it ""

Sure! but being so, logically, it must have some kind of *provisions* ... restrictions not by some political whim of the moment or against any kind of use, but *PROVISIONS AGAINST* those that want to *RESTRICT* the use of the software, stupid or not, including riping and backing up a DVD movie (which in my country isnt ilegall as long as i have an original copy).[why not ?]

"" "I will get more effort out of other people working on it too, than I have to give back."... "positive feedback!" ""

yeah... but how much more difficult it would be with same wild beasts roaring out lout, that FOSS is an IP thieves lair!... hmmm... cant a license simply state, upon recognition of the participant partys, that patents are non-fee for a particular repository,... and everythinhg will be as before, meaning the beasts would be inside cages ?...

( IANAL, but cross-licencees with full right to any patentend code used or adopted can endorse the rights to a FOSS repository if they use it or adopt it(for sale) ? )