● 05.17.07

●● GPLv3: Myths (Mainstream Business Media) and Reality

Posted in FUD, GPL, Microsoft, Novell at 8:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Wide GPLv3 adoption and an early draft finalisation is a nightmare scenario to Novell and Microsoft. Carla Schroder attempts get a step ahead of the endless FUD and explain the implications of GPLv3 if adopted by enterprises. To sum it all up:

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What if you cry yourself to sleep at night because you really really want to have locked hardware and discriminatory patent agreements? No problem — knock yourself out. You just can’t do it with GPL code.

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As we have argued recently, the media is often (mis)used as an obedient ‘puppet’. It will not necessarily present a balanced and rational analysis. Instead, it might rely on messages which comes from public relations departments and lawyers. Have a look at this column which argues that none of Microsoft’s patent claims is news:

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So put the Microsoft “patent happening” in context rather than reading too much into the mainstream business media blast and its fallout. Microsoft is taking it slow on this issue; the markets should also.

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This very much relates to all the GPLv3 negativity in the media. There are apparently ‘placements’, planted in the media by corporate sponsors and partners. This is totally unacceptable in a modern society.

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