The secret of the GPL was taking a small quantum of risk and putting it on the distributors. The total risk could be brought close to zero. |
Version 2 has now been running for [nearly] 15 years without substantial modification. It [GPL 2] has successfully been used to go from a world in which free software was a very marginal community to one in which everyone, everywhere is aware of it. |
We are trying to do what we can, in a limited way, to use the freedoms that our license gives us to actively work against the spread of DRM restrictions. |
We think it's a serious problem; we don't have a solution to recommend. We regard today's draft as simply serving notice that this is a problem that can no longer be ignored. |
We'll release the first discussion draft very late this year or very early next year. We'll provide an extensive rationale as to why we made the choices we made and, in a limited way, why we didn't include some other suggestions. |