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Comments: 1 +-   GPLv3 to drive users from Linux to FreeBSD?-> on Tuesday September 11 2007, @02:08AM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 11 2007, @02:08AM
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An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet is carrying an article on the FreeBSD Foundation Newsletter from August, which includes a letter by the vice president of the FreeBSD Foundation, Justin Gibbs, arguing that the GPLv3 restricts the rights of commercial users of open source software, and is just the FSF's first step in changing the GPL in ways that authors of GPL software may not have intended. He suggests that commercial users should seriously consider BSD-licensed software as an alternative if they want to be able to safely ship products in the future, especially in light of requirements from the FCC that software running on devices (such as software-defined radios) end-user replaceable. Gibbs states that the FreeBSD Foundation and FreeBSD Project will provide an alternative to GPLv3'd software, especially in light of Stallman's statement that further GPL revisions are due in the near future."
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  • Why would a user shy away from GPL v.3. I can understand that developers have an opinion about GPL, but I think it is a good license for the users.
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