the FSF wants the GPLv3 to be able to be LESS free then v2???

Posted Mar 25, 2007 0:28 UTC (Sun) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: the FSF wants the GPLv3 to be able to be LESS free then v2??? by drag
Parent article: The Torvalds Transcript (InformationWeek)

So if you take software from project "A" that has no additional allowed restrictions and combine it with project "B" that has additional allowed restrictions. Then you end up with software "AB" that is GPlv3 with additional allowed restrictions.

And then nobody can take changes back from "B" to "A" without changing "A"'s license... or doing a detailed audit to find out where the changes originated, perhaps in "D" which is compatible with "A"

Somebody comes along and uses "A" stuff to create "C" with other added restrictions. "B" stuff can't be used with "C" now.

Can you spell "balkanization"?