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Have read it too, but the question was what's wrong with GPL3 that isn't wrong with GPL2. Am I again the only one to notice? :) I'll give you folks a hint: the
by qb45 10y ago
Have read it too, but the question was what's wrong with GPL3 that isn't wrong with GPL2. Am I again the only one to notice? :)
I'll give you folks a hint: the specific quote dleslie responded to says that OpenBSD stuck with GPL2 version of GCC to avoid GPL3.
But, of course, this place being HN, people have attention span of an infant and forget the context by the time they catch something they'd like to respond to :p
- eitland 10y agoI guess because to people who find GPL2 too strict one of the last things they want is a newer, even stricter version of the same?