Revoked?

Free as in Freedom episode 0x07

January 18, 2011

Bradley and Karen discuss a few corrections from previous shows, and then discuss misunderstandings about the GPL regarding “revocation” of the GPL.

Running time: 00:44:45.

Bradley issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x06. Christopher Allan Webber mentioned that FSF sometimes accepts copyright assignments in cases where the entire code base is not assigned. (02:40)
Karen issued a correction regarding FaiF 0x04 about women being hired to be at the party, but in fact that was not the case, despite being mentioned in this article.
Karen's paper on Medical Devices was linked to from a ZD Net UK blog. (05:48)
Bradley mentioned this Android bug regarding mis-sent SMS, which was widely covered in the press. Apparently the bug has been resolved upstream, somewhat disproving Bradley's point. (08:40)

Bradley is quoted in an article about revocation of the GPL (12:35).
The story was originalyl covered on slashdot. (13:17)
The WinMTR site now says: By popular request, WinMTR will be available under GPL v2. (19:50)
Karen mentioned the FSF's GPL FAQ. (29:27)
Bradley mentioned the four rationale documents There's also one for AGPLv3 draft 2 and LGPLv3 draft 2. (30:13)

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