GPL Revision Coming Soon 469
ebresie writes "E-Week makes mention that GPL Version 3 is coming soon which will revise the GPL for the first time in a while."
Only through hard work and perseverance can one truly suffer.
New Terms (Score:5, Funny)
Interesting to note the new terms (Score:3, Funny)
I have the beta (Score:2, Funny)
GPL 3 Now Contains Flouride! (Score:5, Funny)
They're trying to drain our precious bodily fluids...
Good :) (Score:2, Funny)
Hopefully, they'll include the clause to allow companies to tahe GPL'd software, rip the copyrights out, and incorporate it into their own products and claim ownership.
This would solve the "problems" with the GPL all the "analysts" keep huffing and puffing about, and would allow our good friends at MS to use GPL code in their products and file suits against the authors who wrote it for "copyright violations."
FLAME ON!!! >:)
Only one change in v3.0 (Score:4, Funny)
Wonderful (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New Terms (Score:5, Funny)
SUE GPL! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New Terms (Score:3, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Additional clause added... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:2, Funny)
If you patent anything you put into the software, you loose your rights to use/distribute the software unless the patents are transfered to the public domain.
Actually, knowing the high level of literacy open source freaks regularly show, that's probably EXACTLY what it will say.
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:5, Funny)
I think "soon" for Slashdot means "by the time we fix all the various problems with Slashcode, implement basic spellchecking for the editors, and train ourselves to look for dupes before publishing them to the front page."
Re:Only one change in v3.0 (Score:2, Funny)
Rumored text of GPL revision (Score:5, Funny)
Thou Shalt Smite Thy Microsoftie
Thou Shalt Bow To Thy Benovolent Leader RMS Thy God And Have Ye No Other God Before Him
That Shalt Not Take the Name of GNU/Linux In Vain
Thou Shalt Mod Down the unholy SlashDot Troll, For He is an Abomination unto Thee
Thou Shalt Not Click on false Gmail Links
Thou Shalt Not Fall to the Evil Seductress BSD, for She is an Unrighteous Whore Unto Thee
Thou Shalt Close Thine Ears Upon Hearing the False Testimony of the SCO, the Lies of TCO, and the injustices of the CMDRTCO.
Thou Shalt Moderate this Post to the Heavens, That All The Earth May Know of the Great And Fearful GPL.
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:2, Funny)
You forgot:
If your name is Bill Gates, Daryl McBride or Orrin Hatch you cannot use this software.
If this software is being used in a company whose name ends in AA (like in MPAA, RIAA), you cannot use this software.
If you are wondering where is the start button is, why you cannot install IE on it, or how come Kazaa doesn't work on it, type rm -rf and all your problems will be gone...
Notable changes (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm actually an RMS fanboy, but I've seen glaciers that move faster than some of the GNU projects.
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:2, Funny)
Well, it's your shift. I'm on break.
KFG
Re:Only one change in v3.0 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Draft Copy? (Score:2, Funny)
While you 5-digit IDs get all hot and bothered by a silly person with a 6-digit ID, us 4-digit ID users will sit back and chuckle.
At least, this one will. ;-)
--Joe