[TriLUG] GPL v3 and Apache License v2.0 will be compatible!

[Tanner Lovelace]

How timely!  This should make the meeting on the 14th all
that more interesting since we're having a law professor from
Duke come to talk about the GPLv3.  You can read her paper
about enforcing the GPL at her website: http://www.sapnakumar.org/

Cheers,
Tanner

On 6/1/07, Phillip Rhodes <mindcrime at cpphacker.co.uk> wrote:
> Well, unless there are any more last minute changes to the GPL v3.  See:
> <http://www.fsf.org/news/gpl3dd4-released> for the nitty gritty.  But
> the relevant part is:
>
> > / The FSF has also published an essay by Richard Stallman on the
> > benefits of upgrading to GPLv3. ?Keeping a program under GPLv2 won't
> > create problems,? he writes. ?The reason to migrate is because of the
> > existing problems which GPLv3 will fix, such as tivoization, DRM, and
> > threats from software patents. . . . Further advantages of GPLv3
> > include better internationalization, gentler termination, support for
> > BitTorrent, and compatibility with the Apache license.? /
> >
> > /Changes in this draft include: /
> >
> > /* GPLv3 is now compatible with version 2.0 of the Apache License.
> > * Distributors who make discriminatory patent deals after March 28 may
> > not convey software under GPLv3. Novell is not prohibited from
> > distributing this software because the patent protection they arranged
> > with Microsoft last November can be turned against Microsoft to the
> > community's benefit.
> > * Terms have been added clarifying how you can contract for private
> > modification of free software, or for a data center to run it for you.
> > * A reference to a US consumer protection statute has been replaced by
> > explicit criteria, for greater clarity outside the US. /
> >
>
> TTYL,
>
> Phil
>
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