On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Morton Harrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear gentlemen (and included list-members), > > Let me first introduce myself. My name is Morton Harrow, senior GNU/Linux
Hmmm... something is telling me this message won't have a happy end. > consultant in the London metropolitan area. I have been around in the Open > Source world since the early beginning. I am very happy with the spirit and Oh, yeah! Since BSD tapes were distributed or earlier, when Ken Thompson was mailing UNIX source code and handwriting the package labels himself? > efforts of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). > Eeekkk!!! > As the name mentions free , one would think this organisation embraces real > freedom. I can't help but feel that the FSF has made a mistake with the > release of the third version of the GPL (GPLv3). This license restricts the > freedom and usage of open source software for governments, companies and > end-users alike. Wow!!! "Free software" isn't free after all!!!! Stop the presses!!!!!!!!!!!! Put this story close to the "Extra! Extra!! Moore law is still valid!" headline. > Linking from other software which is not regarded by the FSF as free software, > is not allowed by this license. I can't help but wonder if this is the freedom > the FSF intensions. Real free should be that users are allowed link any > software against GPL licensed software, without restrictions. But the current > freedom restricts the spirit of Richard M. Stallman's original vision on a > free world. > Now it's getting serious!!! > We propose to release as soon as possible, version 4 of the General Public > License. > Hey!! I have a suggestion! This is so radically new!!! How about naming this "version 4 of the GPL" as something entirely different, like, say.... "BSD"??? I'm having a seizure right now. Can't keep the reading. <snip>
