Nea (antipatentikh) version GPL ?

[Muz]

Just because you read it on Slashdot doesn't mean it's true :)

Den thymamai twra pou to diavasa, alla h protash "if someone patents
software, he loses the right to use free software" einai lathos. Xanei
to dikaiwma na xrhsimopoihsei GPL'ed kwdika panw sthn idia efarmogh
(antikeimeno isws?). Den apagorevetai na xrhsimopoiei genika free
software.

Kai nomizw oti etsi akougetai pio logiko. Twra to msnbc einai logiko na
thelei na dysfhmisei thn GPL v.3 kai na strepsei etairies kai kosmo
makria apo ayth.


On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 23:22 +0300, Spiros Bolis wrote:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9225821/
> 
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/06/151200&tid=117
> 
> MSNBC is running an article about how upcoming changes to the GPL will
> retaliate against companies that patent software or produce DRM'ed
> products. "Software patents are clearly a menace to society and
> innovation. We like this to be more explicit. The basic idea is that if
> someone patents software, he loses the right to use free software. It's
> like a patent retaliation clause.
> 
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