Re: [Fsfe-uk] GPLv3 draft available

[J. Grant]

Hiya,

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> I'm not entirely clear on the introduction of "propagation", though. What do 
> they mean when the say: "It appears that the FSF is subtly expanding the 
> scope of the license and trying to cover some areas that were not explicitly 
> covered by the GPLv2, and abused by some parties."
>
> Is this a reference to the problem of web sites using GPL-licensed code like a 
> CMS? What other cases does it cover?

Perhaps other non-direct usage, through VNC, maybe even connecting to a 
GPL'd SMTP server..?

Plugging the dynamic linking gap at last. Although it is pretty easy to 
define an alternative interface to a software dynamic link. Anyone who 
really wants to use a GPL'd program could just write a GPL'd interface 
program binary, which accepts commands from a pipe, and then their 
proprietary software can utilise the program via the pipe. They could 
even just output there data to a file, and have a program binary crunch 
through it, then read back in the results.

I have a query Re the patent clause, does this mean that as soon as Sun 
run some GPLv3'd software and make it available that everyone has a 
licence to the patents it builds upon?

Kind regards
JG