tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post1163040406984183201..comments2023-10-22T13:55:34.868+01:00Comments on TechnoLlama: Microsoft splitting open source communityAndres Guadamuzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04772686466126007620noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-37292382316848549012006-11-22T15:16:00.000+00:002006-11-22T15:16:00.000+00:00I think you are forgetting that the real split is ...I think you are forgetting that the real split is between the BSD and GPL groups. <br /><br />But anyway, the version 3 of GPL may cause some to stick at version 2 and others to move on, but I can't see how diversity in FLOSS is necessarily a bad thing. Rather than a unitary conception of community I think it is better to understand FLOSS as competing interests. <br /><br />Anyway, if Stallman is correct in his summation, GPL v2 software developers will see their software steadily killed off through the use of DRM and patent deals leaving the GPL v3 to flourish... de facto...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-62446032279814072122006-11-21T13:54:00.000+00:002006-11-21T13:54:00.000+00:00Hello David,
I agree that Microsoft's intentions ...Hello David,<br /><br />I agree that Microsoft's intentions are not particularly good, but my worry is with the escalation in the rhetoric used. While I think that Moglen and the FSF have all the right in the world to draft GPL v3 in whatever manner they see fit, I'm concerned that this new clause, and the existing DRM text, will finally serve to split the community.<br /><br />So far, the GPL has served as the glue that unites both camps. My concern is that there will be a split between GPL v2 and v3 users.Andres Guadamuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772686466126007620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-67187738407343264342006-11-21T13:16:00.000+00:002006-11-21T13:16:00.000+00:00When exactly was there *not* a difference in opini...When exactly was there *not* a difference in opinion between the Open Source and Free Software movement?<br /><br /> This differentiation was started by Raymond and the rest and has continued to the present day between those who think that this is merely a discussion about a technical fix (open souce) and those who think that the value of freedom to tinker is *the* key issue (free software). <br /><br />Trying to pretend that the free software groups are somehow a bit loony or whatever merely reproduces the same kind of rhetoric that you claim that the free software is using against Microsoft. Instead try to be sensitive to the fact that the free software community has a set of value which they want to preserve - and respect that. <br /><br />Its not like free software are being overly paranoid or anything - clearly with the leak of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents">Haloween documents</a> etc shows that Microsoft would like to eat them for breakfast as it has with many of its other competitors...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8802856.post-54320132939004809082006-11-20T16:49:00.000+00:002006-11-20T16:49:00.000+00:00Ooh... good pointer to the GPL3. Stashed.Ooh... good pointer to the GPL3. Stashed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com