[FSUG-Bangalore] Sun to License OpenSolaris Under GPLv3

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay]

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പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen എ|A wrote:

> One of the aims of GPLv3 is to let the owners have the key to their
> devices (stop tivoisation, where you know you are running Free Software
> under GPL but without the ability to tinker and customise) and if Linux
> kernel does not go GPLv3 path we can't have that. So if all others go
> GPLv3 way (and if OpenSolaris leads the way that would bring a positive
> effect) then everyone who support Linus' view on GPLv3 now (especially
> with the Novell-Microsoft deal) might not be as supportive and that
> would put pressure on Linus to rethink his position. 

While respecting the value of freedom for one thing - don't you think it
runs counter when you have to *pressure* someone to see your way of
thinking and thus taking away their freedom to choose and select a
course that is according to them fine ?

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You see things; and you say 'Why?';
But I dream things that never were;
and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw
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