is GPL3 a sign of the beast?

[Evan Leibovitch]

Colin McGregor wrote:
>> Or, is Stallman going to sacrifice our freedom for
>> support from Sun?
>>
>>
>> 	http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=257
>>     
>
> No, Stallman is going to stick to his guns and push HARD for his vision on FREE software (free as in free speech, not necessarily free as beer). Stallman will play ball with anyone who meets his standards, be it GNU/Linux or someone else...
>   
I think it's more complex than that.

While Sun is floating the idea of releasing Solaris under the GPL3, it's 
reserving the right to maintain a proprietarily licensed version. That 
can't (or shouldn't IMO) be more acceptable to the FSF than the GPL-only 
Linux kernel.

> I attended a talk by Richard Stallman in 1989, and the
> one thing that I really came away with was he missed
> his calling as a religious prophet.
Maybe not. Do a Google on Saint IGNUcious.

Didn't he walk out on a talk in Toronto?

- Evan
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