From: Mark D. <ma...@ki...> - 2006-01-18 04:51:36
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FYI the first draft of version 3 of the GPL is out. http://gplv3.fsf.org/ The "rationale" document now includes a section-by-section list of changes. The feeling I got was that all changes were made so that the document more accurately reflects the intentions of GPLv2. This includes various minor clarifications, changes related to software patents (which makes the GPLv3 compatible with the the EPL and Apache Source License v2), and some DRM restrictions which seemed somewhat controversial. But don't take my word for it! You should take an hour sometime and read through it all yourself. I'm on some sort of discussion committee where I'm representing Gaim's interests. If you have general comments about the draft, please leave them in their fancy annotated GPLv3 document. If you see something objectionable that may affect how Gaim operates, or interacts with other programs, or negatively affects your usage of the program, then please raise those issues on the gaim-devel mailing list. Or you can email me directly, but I'm all about some open development process. -Mark |