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Were you ever affected by the GPL3 vs GPL2 license? I am just wondering who is affected(not everybody makes kernels and drivers)
by simion314 7y ago
Were you ever affected by the GPL3 vs GPL2 license? I am just wondering who is affected(not everybody makes kernels and drivers)
- bbq123r 7y agoYes my large tech company has a blanket ban on us using GPLv3 (it's possible to get some exceptions but a pain in the arse), but no problem with GPLv2
- mikepurvis 7y agoAny MacOS user who has to put up with having bash-from-2006 as the default shell has been affected by GPL2 vs GPL3.
- zeveb 7y agoCorrection: any MacOS user is affected by Apple's decision not to update bash.
- EpicEng 7y ago...due to changes in v3 which Apple sees as incompatible with their business model. That is an effect of v3. By your logic v3 never affects anyone because there's always a human decision behind whether or not to adopt it or to integrate software which does.
- CJefferson 7y agoReadline is distributed only under GPLv3 nowadays. I worked on some software licensed only under GPLv2, where some authors are no longer available. GPLv2 and GPLv3 aren't compatible.
- simion314 7y agoThanks for you response but I am not understanding, you wanted to copy paste some code from a GPL2 project into a GPL3 one ?
- hollerith 7y agoHe probably wanted to link the Readline library into his GPL2 program, which according to the owner of the library (the FSF) is not permitted and might have led to his employer's getting sued by the FSF for copyright infringement or at least to his employer's lawyers getting scared, then badmouthing him to management.