Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759257AbYGPVbo (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756477AbYGPVbY (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:24 -0400 Received: from webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.67]:41461 "EHLO webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756078AbYGPVbW convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:31:22 -0400 X-OB-Received: from unknown (205.158.62.16) by wfilter.us4.outblaze.com; 16 Jul 2008 21:31:15 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Morton Harrow" To: "Miod Vallat" Cc: licensing@fsf.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rms@gnu.org, claire.newman@canonical.com, announce@fsfeurope.org, misc@openbsd.org, ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com, fedora-list@redhat.com, netbsd-users@netbsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:31:15 +0800 Subject: Re: GPL version 4 X-Originating-Ip: 212.29.187.114 X-Originating-Server: ws5-10.us4.outblaze.com Message-Id: <20080716213115.C747F7BC45@ws5-10.us4.outblaze.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1514 Lines: 47 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Miod Vallat" > To: "Morton Harrow" > Subject: Re: GPL version 4 > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:06:23 +0000 > > > Shouldn't GPL versions follow the bright example of TeX, and thus the > next version be 3.1? Hi Miod, Most of the people who have replied seem to be missing the point. In addition to the announcement of the GPLv4, I was trying to discuss another point. The Free Software Foundation and their mission ("Since 1985 we've been fighting for essential freedoms of computer users", please see http://www.fsf.org) are not in line with their GPLv3. I see with pain in my heart that the GPLv3 doesn't actually give the users of GPLv3 software the liberty and freedom the FSF has been fighting for. Instead they are forced to play by the strict set of terms the GPLv3 provides. For example, as a liberated computer user, I might like to incorporate a high quality piece of GPLv3 software in a commercial product, which for bussiness strategic reasons happens to be closed source software. But the GPLv3 denies my claim for this freedom to do this. I fail to see how that strengthens me in a Free and Liberal Software World. With kind regards, M.H. = -- Powered by Outblaze -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/