On 08/03/2012 10:18 AM, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
Luis Villa wrote at 18:13 (EDT) on Thursday:
No, the first time I heard someone complain about it was at Red Hat.
Citation? I assume you mean Fontana complained about it, since he's the GPL expert at Red hat?
Luis, then in law school, was a summer intern at Red Hat while I was still at SFLC. I assume he's referring to something from that time period, though I could be wrong. :)
BTW, you don't have to be a lawyer at Red Hat to have views on the GPL. Many Red Hat developers have strong opinions on licensing issues, and there's no universal agreement, even among developers otherwise strongly supportive of GPL licensing.
Allison Randal on that committee had complaints regarding seeking simplicity, which are similar to Fontana's arguments.
Yes. copyleft-next is in some respects inspired by Allison's 2007 essay still available here: http://radar.oreilly.com/2007/05/gplv3-clarity-and-simplicity.html
- Richard