Re: GPL version 4

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To: Mark Kirkwood <markir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: GPL version 4
From: Richard M Stallman <rms@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:38:35 -0500
Cc: miod@xxxxxxxxx, ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, misc@xxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, licensing@xxxxxxx, fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx, announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, netbsd-users@xxxxxxxxxx, mharrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, claire.newman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, freebsd-questions@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <494576C8.3020501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (message from Mark Kirkwood on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:12:40 +1300)
References: <494576C8.3020501@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-to: rms@xxxxxxx, "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>

    I don't think it is that bad - the intent is for the software to be 
    freely available for *people* to use. It is actually about our freedom.

You have it right.  Copyleft licenses defend freedom for all users by
stopping middlemen from stripping it away.

We have no plans for a version 4 of the GNU GPL.
It might happen some day, but we are not working on it.
As of now, we do not need to change GPL version 3.

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