GPLv3-- a bridge too far?
The Free Software Foundation last week released the third version of the GNU General Public License-- GPLv3.
FSF founder and president Richard M. Stallman has devoted his entire career to making free software-- and to making software free. A strong opponent of copyrights, patents, digital-rights management, and all other legal or technical constructs that limit the freedom of software developers and users, Stallman personally developed Emacs, the GNU compilers and debugger, and other programs of key importance in the computer industry.
According to the FSF's press release (here), the new license provides stronger protection for the freedom of users and improves compatibility with other free-software licenses.
In practice, GPLv3 will also restrict the freedom of some developers and reduce compatibility with commercial licenses.
GPLv3, for example, says that if a commercial device uses GPLv3-licensed code, it must allow modified versions of that code to be used on the device.
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