On 2/15/13 3:38 AM, Pierre Ossman wrote: > But GPLv2 is broken, that's the point. Instead of me trying to > reiterate things, I'll just point to FSF's page on the matter: > > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html
We've been through this before. FSF thinks GPL v2 is broken, and Linus thinks GPL v3 is broken. You can choose your own religion on the matter, but I don't think everything that either party says should be considered gospel, personally. The FSF wrote the license, so of course they're going to be in favor of it. I will refer you to my previous response on the matter: https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=21930606 I look at this from a risk management point of view. The chances of someone abusing the GPL v2 in such a way that the GPL v3 would protect against it are miniscule. The chances of isolating TigerVNC from the rest of the VNC community by upgrading its license are, on the other hand, about 100%. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ Tigervnc-devel mailing list Tigervnc-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tigervnc-devel
