Lee Tambiah wrote: > > Without disscussion I think the GPL 3 is a very good license which > protects Free Software and overall should strengthen it.
I agree. I agree that you, and any programmer, should have the right to choose the GPLv3 in new products you create. However, I also believe that programmers should still have the right to choose GPLv2 for products they create (and for that matter, the BSD licence, or for that matter the Microsoft EULA.) > Why should a company be able to take code use it, but deny the users > to reuse it with modifications, they have brought the product so why > should they be restricted? Because the people who wrote the code are happy for them to do so, and licenced the code to them on that basis. Linus Torvalds has stated, unequivocally, that he is happy with what TiVo have done. The FSF's lawyers have confirmed that TiVo's use of the GPLv2 software in their application complies with the GPLv2. > With this attitude TiVo is just using the kernel not actually > contributing in anyway at all. My 2 pennies worth... Linus Torvalds disagrees, and has written so in public. (reference http://kerneltrap.org/node/8382) To be fair, he's agreed they've not contributed that much, but he has outlined what they have contributed. He has also praised TiVo for the way that what they HAVE done has helped promote Linux and Open Source software in general, and stated that TiVo have done MORE than the GPL obliged them to do. Mark -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
