[svlug] Possible GPL v. 3 licence terms

David Ljung Madison svlug.org at daveola.com
Wed Apr 25 12:25:02 PDT 2001


> The base perceived problem they are trying to address are people
> taking GPL products, modifying them, allowing people to access the
> services offered by modified versions but never releasing the source
> changes.

This would be a disaster if RMS added something like that.

For example, my home server allows people to access my personal web 
pages.  If the any of the tools I use (such as the web server) ends 
up under GPL3, then I'd need to provide source code on my home 
machine.

Suddenly OpenSource via GPL3 would have more shackles than most
commercial software.  Yeesh.

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David Ljung Madison             http://GetDave.com




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