On 07/31/2012 11:25 PM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:40:41PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> It is intended to be strong copyleft. This is a fixed goal.
Just to clarify, when you say strong copyleft, you mean in the GPL vs
LGPL sense, right?
Yes. That's the only sense I mean.
People have been using "stronger" and "weaker" in
other senses (i.e.,
whether there are more restrictions, such as the anti-Tivo clause) ---
i.e., GPLv3 is "stronger" than GPLv2, or GPLv2 is "stronger" than
BSD.
Right. I myself have only become aware of this usage recently (in the
past month), and it surprises me. I don't think this is what the FSF,
or RMS, ever meant by "strong" vs. "weak". For example, I don't
recall
the FSF ever saying that GPLv3 is "stronger" than GPLv2, or that
AGPLv3 is "stronger" than GPLv3.
- Richard