Samba author: GPLv3 is extremely good but should go further
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:18 am
Unlike Linus, who like Linc hates freedom, and thinks GPLv3 went too far, Samba author Andrew Tridgell, in contrast, thinks it doesn't go far enough...
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/s ... 081,00.htm
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/s ... 081,00.htm
In a video interview at linux.conf.au in Melbourne, the founder of the Samba project, Andrew Tridgell, said that the anti-DRM provisions didn't go far enough.
"Some people complain a lot about the anti-DRM provisions, and I would have liked to see those actually be even stronger than they are. Because currently they've got some limitations in there that limits some of the anti-DRM provisions of GPLv3 to only being applicable to consumer products. Which means it leaves out, for example, some Samba appliances.
"I'd like to see a future version of the GPL perhaps going a little bit stronger than that and applying it to the non-consumer/enterprise appliances as well" said Tridgell.