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The GPL is not a compromise

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Ever since the word (neigh, rumors) got out about a possible new version of the GPL being worked upon, people have been restless. There were talks about the issues this new version might and should address even before any official announcement was made by the Free Software Foundation. that GPLv3 was a possibility. Now that two drafts have been released, there are still talks, people are still fuming about the issues this new version addresses and the way it does so and discussing the need for all the trouble.

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dinotrac ·
The GPL actually IS a compromise.

It was RMS's way of using laws that he doesn't like to promote freedoms that he cares about.

If RMS had his way, we wouldn't need the GPL at all. However, the law is what it is, and the GPL is a workable compromise between the world RMS would like and the world we have.
jimf ·
> the GPL is a workable compromise between the world RMS would like and the world we have.

Well... At least untill GPLv3 it was...
dinotrac ·
Jimf -

Hey -- It's a little too soon to play Chicken Little. We don't have the final draft yet.
linuxlala Story submitter ·
I chose the title to reflect on the stance against DRM/TPM. The title was to suggest why *I* think, there wouldn't be any changes to the anti-DRM/TPM clause of GPLv3.
dinotrac ·
l-lala ---

I got that, but, in truth, the GPL is very much about compromise and any "no-compromise" talk is a lot of hooey.

It may or may not make sense to put anti-DRM provisions into the GPL, but an aversion to compromise is just about the worst reason I can imagine. Surrender is bad. Compromise is not.
Rascalson ·
Trading a little liberty for security Dino?
dinotrac ·
Rascalson -

Nothing of the sort. Trading a little getting something done and doing some good for sitting high on my perch and congratulating myself for how untainted I am.

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