Newsgroup: it.comp.os.dibattiti
Titolo: La GPLv3 e Linus fanno finalmente pace

Notizia abbastanza sensazionale:
http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6171300.html?tag=nefd.top
:-D
" Torvalds 'pretty pleased' about new GPL 3 draft
March 28, 2007 10:30 AM PDT
Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel project and a major figure in 
the open-source programming movement, said Wednesday he's "pretty 
pleased" with changes in a third draft of the General Public License 
(GPL) released Wednesday.
The Linux kernel and many higher-level software packages are governed by 
the current GPL 2, and Torvalds has expressed strong displeasure with 
earlier version 3 drafts. After a preliminary analysis of GPL 3, 
however, some of those concerns are gone or moderated, he said.
"I'm actually pretty pleased. Not because I think it's perfect, but 
simply because I think it's certainly a lot better than I really 
expected from the previous drafts," he said. "Whether it's actually a 
better license than the GPLv2, I'm still a bit skeptical, but at least 
it's now 'I'm skeptical' rather than 'Hell no!'"
In particular, one provision against digital rights management has been 
narrowed, and another that Torvalds feared could lead to multiple 
incompatible versions of the GPL has been removed or defanged.
"I'm much happier with many parts of it. I think much of it reads 
better, and some of the worst horrors have been removed entirely," 
Torvalds said.
Torvalds was noncommittal about whether he might try to move the Linux 
kernel to GPL 3--a change that would require the permission not just of 
Torvalds but also of all other Linux kernel copyright holders. But he 
didn't rule it out.
"The current draft makes me think it's at least a possibility in theory, 
but whether it's practical and worth it is a totally different thing," 
he said. "Practically speaking, it would involve a lot of work to make 
sure everything relevant is GPLv3-compatible even if we decided that the 
GPL 3 is OK."
DRM remains a sticking point. The Free Software Foundation drafting the 
document wants to prohibit hardware companies such as TiVo from imposing 
restrictions on GPL software used in their products, but Torvalds 
believes that should be permitted.
"The 'we control not just the software, but also the hardware it runs 
on' parts still drive me up the wall because I think they are so 
fundamentally broken. But the new draft at least limits it to a much 
saner subset and makes it clearer too," Torvalds said.
"Unlike the earlier drafts, it at least seems to not sully the good name 
of the GPL any more," Torvalds added.
Posted by Stephen Shankland "
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BArrYZ

 
http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6171300.html?tag=nefd.top
Se leggi il draft pare ancora piu` stretto il controllo su cosa vuol 
dire 'derivato', e cio` non e` bene.
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There are 10 types of people in the world:
those who understand binary, and those who don't.

 :-D
Ehm, c'è per caso qualcuno che ne parla in italiano in giro? Il mio
inglese fa acqua da tutte le parti.

 inglese fa acqua da tutte le parti.
Sicuramente lo scriveranno stasera su Punto-Informatico.
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BArrYZ

 it's now 'I'm skeptical' rather than 'Hell no!'"
Down with GPL3...
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