Comment Re:The problem with signing (Score 1) 388
Linus sometimes sounds like an asshole, but I think he has a point. There are basically two rights we want to preserved:
1, The right to see, modify and distribute source code. Every users of the software should have it.
2, The right to install modified software on a piece of hardware. The owner of that piece of hardware should enjoy it.
GPLv2 only deals with right #1, but GPLv3 also deals with right #2. This is where it steps out of bound of what a copyright licence should do.
I hate DRM as much as RMS do, but I think GPLv3 either place onerous burden to the hardware vender (think about some hardware that do not have reporgrammability at all) or is hard to enforce (the two entities situation).
1, The right to see, modify and distribute source code. Every users of the software should have it.
2, The right to install modified software on a piece of hardware. The owner of that piece of hardware should enjoy it.
GPLv2 only deals with right #1, but GPLv3 also deals with right #2. This is where it steps out of bound of what a copyright licence should do.
I hate DRM as much as RMS do, but I think GPLv3 either place onerous burden to the hardware vender (think about some hardware that do not have reporgrammability at all) or is hard to enforce (the two entities situation).
