Sobre la próxima versión 3 de la licencia GPL, Georg Greve, el presidente de la Free Software Foundation europea adelantó que ésta contendrá cláusulas que explícitamente retirarán el derecho de usar el software a usuarios y corporaciones que apoyen la administración de derechos digitales (DRM) y/o las patentes de software.

Si esto fuera exactamente así, Amazon.com, que patentó su (ridículo) "one-click shopping", no podría continuar usando GNU/Linux si los desarrolladores del Kernel decidieran liberar su trabajo amparados bajo la GPL 3.0.

Esto completaría un poco anteriores versiones que sugerían que la nueva GPL podría castigar a otros gigantes de la industria como Google, Yahoo! y eBay.

fuente: http://www.vivalinux.com.ar

Ojalá sea así, porque para los desarrolladores de software libre no hay nada peor que las patentes de software.
Lo que a muchos nos da bronca es que grandes empresas como IBM, Amazon
eBay, etc. etc. etc. Usen software libre y por otro lado compren patentes periódicamente.

Veremos que pasa....

pd: por favor, si hay respuestas, que sean con respecto al tema posteado, cualquier crítica será respondida en privado. También hay un canal de opiniones y sugerencias. Y no vendría mal leer el reglamento de los foros.

Uh... esta es complicada..... veamos:
En general, los programas distribuidos bajo licencia GNU v2 respetan la clausula que dice:

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; _either_version_2_of_the_License,_or
(at your option)_any_later_version_

El subrayado es mio y a eso voy... El amigo Linus no estaba muy de acuerdo con esto del _either_or_later_ asi que distribuye su kernel segun _this_particular_version_ of_the_license_(ie v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever) Otra vez el subrayado es mio.

Por lo tanto cualquiera que desee seguir utilizando el tree de Linus deberia remitirse a dicha version. A menos que el finlandes cambie de idea ;-)

En cuanto al resto del sistema operativo (GNU) habra que ver.... Sin duda empresas de tal magnitud estan a tiempo de hacer su propio fork y seguir adelante con la v2. Veremos....

Cuando linus creo su kernel no quería hacerlo libre, no recuerdo quién lo convenció de hacerlo... y no le fue nada mal...
El tema es que a linus le da lo mismo si un programa es privado o libre... mientras funcione bien, aunque muchos piensen que es el mayor difusor del movimiento libre, en realidad no es así... vamos a ver como sigue con el tiempo, por ahora solo se pueden sacar hipótesis.

sin duda, pero el kernel 2.6 lo libero segun la v2 (y no otra) de la GNU GPL y aca muchas hipotesis no caben.... si se puede especular bajo que version liberara la rama 2.7 o que es lo que va a pasar con el resto del SO (GNU) o si a las empresas les resultara mas redituable (o facil) hacer su propio fork ... o tantas otras cosas..... pero hoy por hoy el kernel es GNU v2 y punto.

Busqué un poco más de info, y palabras de los que están involucrados, justamente habla de qué va a pasar con el kernel linux...

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GPL 3 not expected to split free-software world
Published: March 25, 2005, 11:30 AM PST
By Ingrid Marson
Special to CNET News.com
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Some developers are concerned that the introduction of the third version of the GNU General Public License could split the free-software world, but the Free Software Foundation is confident that these fears are unfounded.

The FSF has denied that there is a risk that free-software projects could fork when the next version of the GNU General Public License, or GPL, becomes available.

Over the last few weeks, free-software developers from various projects have expressed concerns about the next version of the GPL. In a posting to the legal mailing list for the Debian Linux distribution, OpenOffice.org volunteer Daniel Carrera pointed out that as Linux is currently only distributed under GPL 2, it could face problems when GPL version 3 is released.

"My understanding is that Linux is distributed under the GPLv2 exclusively," Carrera said in the posting. "Given the vast number of Linux contributors, this means that Linux won't be able to migrate to the GPLv3 when it comes out, correct?"

Debian maintainer Matthew Palmer agreed that this was the case and said he was worried that when GPL 3 comes out, some free-software projects could split into separate branches. "I fear a lot of unpleasant forking action when the GPLv3 comes out," Palmer said.

Palmer said some developers may decide to license their projects only under versions 2 or 3 of the GPL, while others may choose to license under multiple versions of the license. This could result in "license-incompatible forks," according to Palmer.

But Eben Moglen, general counsel of the Free Software Foundation, said Thursday that there shouldn't be a problem in persuading Linux developers to migrate to GPL 3, as the license will be developed with their input.

"I don't think it will be a difficulty," Moglen said. "When the FSF finishes its work to produce the first discussion draft of GPL 3, there will be an extended comment period, which will be a chance for everybody to have their say. We will take as long in listening as people need to take."



GPL 3 is likely to include changes that take into account international copyright law and patent threats, according to Moglen.

It is not surprising that the next version of the GPL has attracted a lot of interest as it is the basis for a "multibillion-dollar industry," according to Moglen. "In a market that size, there are a lot of participants and a lot of people with interests," Moglen said.

Moglen was unable to say when GPL 3 would be released, though he suggested that it would be available in the next year or two. He is confident that when GPL 3 is released, people will be pleased with the outcome.

"When it's all over, people will say about the GPL 3, 'It's better, it's not that different--what's all the fuss about?'" Moglen said. "People have to trust that we know what we're doing." This echoes his previous statements, in which he said the process was "going to be a screaming match some days, but it is going to be a noble effort when it's over."

He said today's free-software industry owed a debt of gratitude to version 2 of the GPL. "A very large field came into existence as a function of the correctness of Richard Stallman's ideas," Moglen said.
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palabras mas o menos, lo dicho arriba por "otro involucrado" ... sin duda se viene un debate grosso y tendremos que estar atentos....