Eureka!

KC wrote an interesting article recently regarding the changes in the newly proposed GPLv3 license agreement. These changes would “slap” a new set of handcuffs on distributors, and could potentially inhibit the distribution of OpenSource software as we know it today, under GPLv2.
I have 2 points of criticism on KC’s post:

1. I would like to see KC’s arguments brought before the FSF (Free Software Foundation).
2. KC is only critical of the points he doesn’t approve of. I would like to see items that he thinks are improvements as well.

KC’s post does have the benefit that it is stirring up alot of discussion regarding this topic, and that in itself is awesome.

Also, as a side-note, some people are wondering if Linspire currently has any licensing agreement with Microsoft. The answer is, yes, they do (in order to support WMA and WMV playback out of the box; http://multimedia.cx/multimedia-api.txt).

• GPLv2
• GPLv3
• GPLv2 vs. GPLv3

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