For Approval: GPLv3

Alexander Terekhov alexander.terekhov at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 19:00:20 UTC 2007


On 9/1/07, Eugene Wee <eugenew at starhub.net.sg> wrote:
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > Basically, the recent decision by federal district court said that
> > Open Source licenses are bunk. Damages? Easterbrook: "Linux and other
> > open source projects have been able to cover their fixed costs through
> > donations of time."
>
> What exactly does this have to do with the approval of GPLv3 as an OSI
> certified license?

See up-thread. I personally release my Open Source stuff straight into
public domain with a notice that "This may be used for any purposes
whatsoever without acknowledgment." So I'm not affected.

regards,
alexander.



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