ChiefNode

GPL version 3 fosters fear

Fear of forking has already started, although GPL version 3 will not be out for months, if not years. I've advised UW developers that they should carefully consider using GPL-licensed software now, since "GPL 3 is coming" but we don't know when, why, or if the software currently under GPL license will (or will not) change their terms.

Licenses change all the time, so a change in the GPL ought not to foster so much worry. Every community has to be willing to accept that things change in licensing, in law, in business strategy, etc. All "stock licenses" must change or they are not being responsible to the users of those licenses.

posted by Dana Bostrom @ 09:36