PunchyHamster 2 hours ago

GPLv3 is a bit overreaching , especially in patent clauses. The GPL as idea is great but the license needs a little more refining

The constant fear of lawyers that using some GPL lib will infest entire codebase of their project with GPL is a real problem that stops many corporations from contributing in the first place.

aboardRat4 an hour ago

GPL is a response to the copyright law, which was created for the big corporations to extract rent from ordinary people.

It's copyright law which should go away.

  • JuniperMesos 5 minutes ago

    Copyright law is hundreds of years old and originally was intended to prevent owner-operators of mechanical printing presses from printing and selling copies of some author's books without paying them or getting permission.

  • satvikpendem 33 minutes ago

    Including the hangups people have about AI training as well.

noosphr 3 hours ago

Everything is a good idea if you assume a world in which it works.

  • fragmede 3 hours ago

    Communism has entered the chat.

    • saubeidl 3 hours ago

      That, for example, would be a better system. One the GPL would work beautifully in.

      • david-gpu 2 hours ago

        If you can't explain why it did not work in the past, and can't explain how & why things will be different this time, you don't have a plan. History is a harsh mistress.