Moglen: GPL 3.0 Rewrite Drive Is No Democracy

Vikingod · Nov 3, 2005, 01:58 PM

Users will be free to comment on the upcoming complex and technical draft versions of the GNU General Public License 3.0 in an easy way, according to Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation.

However, Moglen said Wednesday, speaking at the Open Source Business Conference here, the rewrite of the GPL is not an election and there will be no voting on its clauses.

In a session entitled "GPL 3.0: Directions, Implications, Casualties," Moglen said that when GPL 2.0 was promulgated some 14 years ago, very few people cared about it.
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Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Moglen: GPL 3.0 Rewrite Drive Is No Democracy Users will be free to comment on the upcoming complex and technical draft versions of the GNU General Public License 3.0 in an easy way, according to Eben Moglen, general counsel for the Free Software Foundation. However, Moglen said Wednesday, speaking at the Open Source Business Conference here, the rewrite of the GPL is not an election and there will be no voting on its clauses. In a session entitled "GPL 3.0: Directions, Implications, Casualties," Moglen said that when GPL 2.0 was promulgated some 14 years ago, very few people cared about it. __________ Read More / Source: eWEEK