First Draft of GPL Version 3 Released 575
njan writes "The first draft of version three of the GNU General Public License was released to the public this afternoon. Major improvements touted in version three include changes designed to mitigate the damage posed by new threats to free software such as software patents. One individual stated about the release: 'It is changes in law, not computer technology, that pose the principal challenges to the free software community. Chief among these changes has been the unwise and ill-considered application of patent law to software. Software patents threaten every free software project, just as they threaten proprietary software and custom software. Any program can be destroyed or crippled by a software patent belonging to someone who has no other connection to the program.'"
Patents (Score:0, Funny)
Argh, bad text layout... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:it's difficult to read. (Score:2, Funny)
I don't know but I see that you also find it difficult to start sentences with a capital letter. That's our first clue.
Does anyone have any screenshots? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'll stick with the MIT license. (Score:3, Funny)
http://search.cpan.org/src/AUTRIJUS/YAML-Syck-0.0
Re:I'll stick with the MIT license. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:FULL TEXT (Score:2, Funny)
just to elaborate on that point (Score:3, Funny)
I think programmers aren't the ones to complain about obscure notation and languages, given that we have invented many more of them than lawyers ever have in the history of the world.
Re:Other issues (Score:2, Funny)
Sue them for copyright infringement.