Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux

Raj Dutt (rdutt@voxel.net)
Mon, 28 Dec 1998 00:29:26 +0800


Zack Brown wrote:
>
> If Richard Stallman gets mad at the linux community for not using the term
> gnu/linux and decides to release a new version of the GPL that undoes its
> current meaning

Nobody is "getting mad". RMS has an opinion ; albeit a pretty damn
strong opinion (and he is in a position where his opinions get a lot of
attention and discussion). However, I doubt that he'd strike back at the
community at large solely because they don't _all_ agree with him.

> (and e.g. allows proprietary forking etc), thus affecting
> all programs currently licenced under the GPL, what could anyone do about
> that? And please don't say, "oh, he would *never* do something like that."
>

Why don't you read, and then reread the exact clause that you so kindly
attached in this ridiculous scenario. A new "nightmare" GPL version
would not affect any programs currently licensed under the GPL.

> Shake in your boots.
>

Shiver in your ignorance.

> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> (at your option) any later version.
>

Best Regards,
Raj

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