[CoLoCo] [tlug] Re: RESPECT MICROSOFT

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

David L. Willson writes:

 > (Thank you, FSF, for the GPLv3).

What, exactly, is to be thankful for in the GPLv3?  AFAICT, compared
to GPLv2, there's a lot of anti-DRM and anti-patent posturing, but
it's sound and fury signifying nothing, except that corporate would-be
redistributers of GPL software are put at significant risk and cost of
verifying that their organization doesn't have any relevant patent
licenses.  The patent license is a mess, and the clauses that tell the
court "if it's illegal to do what the license says, do it anyway" are
a joke.