Slashdot | GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM

Slashdot | GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM

Thought I'd chime in with my thoughts on the subject. While I support the OSS movement and believe that free software is a strong motivator in creating real competition amongst service oriented companies in IT, I don't believe it should ascribe to these types of isolationistic licenses.

Now granted this is just something that's drumming up in RMS' head, but I hope that the final draft of the GPL v3 license is more flexible than this rumor mill let's on. I'm not going to play zealot and say that OSS is always the answer because frankly there are some commercial packages out there that do a great job. Let's keep a clear head going forward with these types of ideas. Be it open or closed source, there's room to work together. Unfortunately patent disputes and copyright enforcement are going to make that cooperation a matter of dancing on glass.