Am Montag 18 Juni 2007 23:18 schrieb Alexandre Oliva:
> On Jun 18, 2007, Hans-Jürgen Koch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> Vendor would be entitled to the benefit of the doubt as to the
> >> motivations in this case, so it would likely be unenforceable anyway.
>
> > Right. If GPL v3 comes out, there'll probably be a new task for
> > hardware development engineers: How to find excuses for hardware that
> > prevents software modifications and how to conceal the true intent.
>
> Yup. And then GPLv4 will have to plug whatever holes they find to
> disrespect users' freedoms. That's how I expect the game to be
> played.
>
If you were right and it turned out that way, the whole GPL would
become so ridiculous that it won't have any of its intended effects.
GPLv17 would contain so many #ifdefs that it'll simply not be readable
or understandable anymore.
As far as the kernel is concerned, I expect the game's played by
simply keeping GPLv2. And I like it that way.
Hans
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