08.01.07
Thank G** GPLv3 is Being Widely Adopted
Here is a nice screen grab from the GNU GPLv3 announcement video. Watch the mug.
It appears as though the industry agrees with our predictions that wide GPLv3 adoption was only a matter of time. Even SJVN, who never appeared to be fond of parts of the new licence, has come to a stage of acceptance.
When the GPLv3 first arrived, only a handful of programs made the shift. The most significant of these was Samba making good its promise to move its popular Windows-compatible file/print server program to the GPLv3.
Since then, according to data collected by Palamida, an IP (intellectual property) management company, the GPLv3 is picking up steam. By July 31, Palamida found that 277 open-source projects had moved to using the GPLv3. At the beginning of the month, only 82 projects, most of them created by the Free Software Foundation, which created the GPLv3, had made the switch.
This licence — just as a reminder — is a huge barrier to Microsoft’s malicious plan. It protects Free software from those who strive to change and destroy it.
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.
Felipe Alvarez said,
August 2, 2007 at 12:42 am
G** is obsolete. She’s too old…
(g** == god)
Roy Schestowitz said,
August 2, 2007 at 2:34 am
Well, I meant GNU (G**) anyway.
akf said,
August 2, 2007 at 3:24 am
God is not obsolete just because you don’t see him on your day to day work. God is the kernel of the universe and also the hardware manufacturer.
And beware: there are already concrete revelations of his plans for version 2.0!
Ciaran O'Riordan said,
August 2, 2007 at 3:24 am
It’s a good picture alright, especially given that RMS almost never wears logos, even his own FSF/GNU ones.
Roy Schestowitz said,
August 2, 2007 at 3:56 am
@akf, wait for version 2.6.23 when gets {completely fair}^TM.
nanostream said,
August 3, 2007 at 10:24 am
Aww come on, don’t I get any credit for the picture?
Roy Schestowitz said,
August 3, 2007 at 11:28 am
Hey, nanostream, I just didn’t know what name/site to give credit to (it was a Flickr photo grabbed from a free video). Let me know how you want it to be credited and I’ll change the post accordingly.
nanostream said,
August 3, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Hmm, you make a good point… I grant you patent protection.