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The arrival of GPL3 will spur increased activity.
Many of the open-source commercial vendors stood by to see how the Novell-Microsoft pact would pan out in the long run. If it turns out to be a great success, great... We'll sign up. If it goes bust, so sorry, glad it's not us.

However, with the restrictions of GPL3, and the grandfather clause that Novell is experiencing under GPL2, I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that many more are going to feel pressured to enter into similar pacts across the board, rather than wait to see how it all pans out.

They can't take the chance that if it is indeed successful, Novell and a handful of others would have an advantage under GPL3 because Novell and the others are exempted, while the onlookers took too long and locked themselves out.

Richard Stallman and the FSF probably unwittingly did more to accelerate interoperability for business customers and encourage people to stick with GPL2 than they intended.

Thank goodness for extremism. It helps us to see the middle-ground more clearly.

I, for one, will be avoiding GPL3 software wherever possible for the time being.
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This is going to be a very special moment in the history of Free Software.  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
Sure it will be important  mrjonno | 06/28/07
This is not like an iPhone, you will NOT have to wait in line to get it.  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
Significant only to a tiny minority.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
Obviously, that's why you're here.  odubtaig | 06/28/07
I agree  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
So, let me get this straight...  odubtaig | 06/28/07
Correct, I want every client Ihave  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
Well, seems like most open source developers WANT protection from UGLY  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
Well, you're going about it the wrong way then.  odubtaig | 06/28/07
And I wish you the best at finally getting a client.  B.O.F.H. | 06/28/07
I suppose you wish it was significant to only a small minority. But, it is  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
Tell ya what,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
Right here, right now, this is big news, published by all news  DonnieBoy | 06/29/07
Significant?  Arm A. Geddon | 06/28/07
You are trusting SIFMA over No_Ax_to_Grind?  B.O.F.H. | 06/28/07
forgive me B.O.F.H...  Arm A. Geddon | 06/28/07
minor correction DonnieBoy  Arm A. Geddon | 06/28/07
Thanks, yes, Eben Moglen!!  DonnieBoy | 06/29/07
So here's my question  Michael Kelly | 06/28/07
No, with the GPL2 or newer clause, you can release under EITHER the GPL2 or  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
No, open source does NOT automatically move  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
I never asked about Linux  Michael Kelly | 06/28/07
Those with the "or higher"  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
Of course  Michael Kelly | 06/28/07
That's not right at all.  odubtaig | 06/28/07
The arrival of GPL3 will spur increased activity.  yyuko@... | 06/28/07
Why avoiding it?  odubtaig | 06/28/07
You aren't paying attention, Red Hat is doing it  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
RedHat is not stupid, they will make sure any agreement they sign with MS  DonnieBoy | 06/28/07
Just for you...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
Did you even read that?  odubtaig | 06/28/07
Did you read it?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/28/07
Um, NDA? As others have repeatedly pointed out to you.  odubtaig | 06/28/07
this is an extremly important event!  Linux Geek | 06/28/07

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