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Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3
From: |
Martin Pool |
Subject: |
Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3 |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:22:32 +1000 |
On 14 April 2011 19:07, <address@hidden> wrote:
>> .. except you can, if it is a commercial rather than a consumer product:
>>
>> >>> GPLv3 tolerates tivoization only for products that are almost
>> exclusively meant for businesses and organizations.
>> <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html>
>
> could you point out the specific part of the gpl3 that defines this?
Sure, it's section 6 "Conveying non-source forms", right in the middle
of that section.
> concluding, even if this were true (probably is if stallman says so), a
> little bit of tivoization protection, is better than none.
>
> also we have not a lot of options here, only gpl2 or gpl3. relicensing to
> another license or even modifying either gpl would need all past contributors
> to agree. nobody could gather all of these.
If you want to use only GPL3 going forward, of course you can. I have
little if any code in duplicity itself so it's not up to me anyhow. I
just thought I'd mention it since the topic came up.
Martin
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, (continued)
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, edgar . soldin, 2011/04/10
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, Joe MacDonald, 2011/04/11
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, edgar . soldin, 2011/04/12
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, Joe MacDonald, 2011/04/13
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, edgar . soldin, 2011/04/13
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, Joe MacDonald, 2011/04/13
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, edgar . soldin, 2011/04/14
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, Marius Vollmer, 2011/04/14
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, Martin Pool, 2011/04/14
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, edgar . soldin, 2011/04/14
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3,
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- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, edgar . soldin, 2011/04/15
- Re: [Duplicity-talk] GPL-3, Martin Pool, 2011/04/15