From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB Subject: Re: WTHOT - Bruce Perens' Open Petition to Novell Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 21:42:27 +0000 Message-ID: <20061123214227.GB8912@linux-mips.org> References: <20061123043144.GD10884@mail.networksplus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061123043144.GD10884@mail.networksplus.net> Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Linux Hams On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:31:44PM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > This list is not normally given to politics, but in this case, our very > ability to carry on ham radio Free Software may be in jeopardy. > > Bruce Perens, K6BP, has authored an Open Petition to Protest the > Microsoft-Novell Patent Agreement: Bruce Perens has a long tradition of polemising, take the whole petition with alot of salt. Much more salt than you would want your doctor to know. Perens also claims we kernel developers are taking a fresh look at the GPLv3 after what the Novell-Microsoft deal which is a pretty funny claim since those discussions have largely happened under the seal of privacy i.e. without him. But to summarize those discussions, so far neither the goals we're trying to achieve with the license nor our evaluation of the GPL v3 nor the situation have significantly been influenced by the MS-Novell deal. Ralf