On Sunday 23 September 2007 20:26, David Joyner wrote: > On 9/23/07, Joel B. Mohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I wouldn't say I'd be "angry", but I dislike the GPLv3. My > > principle reason for disliking it is section 3. I didn't read up on > > acticle 11 of WIPO, but my understanding is that they are attempting to > > forbid writing of DRM schemes with GPL'ed code. I don't like where that > > goes. When I release code under the GPL I'm not concerned about what the > > users do with it -- I'm only concerned that they release their code that > > builds on it. I believe this is two fundamentally different issues and I > > think that the FSF is muddying the waters to mix them. > > The clam that GPLv3 forbids DRM schemes is called a "myth" by Ed Burnette > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=354 > I think early drafts of GPLv3 were more anti-DRm than the final draft.
I agree with his interpretation of the paragraph he quoted, but he didn't quote the paragraph I was concerned about. The first sentence of section 3 is what bothers me: "No covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological measure ...". Maybe I need to read these WIPO documents before I start spewing FUD. And, yes, it is *much* improved over earlier versions of v3 ... they were out of hand. > > I very much do not like the blanket "or later version" scheme for dealing > > with the GPL. This, to me, gives the FSF a blank check for whatever in > > GPLv4, and after seeing GPLv3, I trust them even less than I used to. > > Is "GPLv2 or GPLv3 (your preference)" better? Yes, I would consider that better, but it sort of seems like it punts on the actual issue. I guess I'm not really happy with any of the options so I don't actually have an opinion. -- Joel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
