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:Openubuntu: Novell Will Fork Any Open Source App That Moves to GPL3
Openubuntu: Novell Will Fork Any Open Source App That Moves to GPL3
Nov 21, 2006, 22 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (12178 reads)

"Novell will definitely fork any open source software that moves to GPLv3. This is not surprising given that Novell is now being bankrolled by M$. It also appears that M$ is willing to fund such forks, in the name of interoperability.

"This is going to effectively divide the open source community. If Samba moves to GPLv3, which is very likely, then we are going to see another version of samba, tightly integrated to M$ framework..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
I'm not seeing anyone from Novell qu ...   Substantiation?   
Brandioch Conner
Nov 21, 2006, 22:27:17
 
Assuming a project is licensed GPL v2 or ...   Let them donate code   
Paul
Nov 21, 2006, 22:29:36
 
Novell alone can not code most of the li ...   who will pay for development   
me
Nov 21, 2006, 23:22:37
 
How can linuxtoday link to *** like that ...   FUD   
Hans
Nov 21, 2006, 23:26:28
 
How can this blogger be so sure of what  ...   just a blog entry, nothing to see here   
Ken Yap
Nov 21, 2006, 23:30:38
 
Quite simply, the GPL v3 is bad for soft ...   Good for them   
Cabal
Nov 21, 2006, 23:47:13
 
GPL v3 will happen and a bunch of projec ...   Re: Good for them   
xzvfcxzcZX
Nov 22, 2006, 03:37:19
 
Where's the problem?  As long as GPL ...   Any problem with GPL3 apps on a GPL2 kernel?   
Rob
Nov 22, 2006, 19:30:28
 
Novell has just signed its own death war ...   Novell has just signed its own death warrant   
Paul Johnson
Nov 22, 2006, 21:06:27
 
...don't move to GPL3.  GPL2 isn&#39 ...   Easy answer...   
Hyper
Nov 22, 2006, 21:37:59
 
> Where's the problem?  As long as G ...   Re: Any problem with GPL3 apps on a GPL2 kernel   
blackhole
Nov 23, 2006, 05:54:08
 
> Novell has just signed its own death w ...   Re: Novell has just signed its own death warrant   
D.
Nov 23, 2006, 15:42:55
 
Thats the beauty of the GPL - code can b ...   so what   
stolennomenclature
Nov 23, 2006, 21:58:19
 
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