Current-Users archive   Re: upgrading GCC 4.1 branch  >> What
problem do we have with GPLv3? > The tivo clause in GPLv3 is
downright hostile for a number of areas > NetBSD is used in.
Other parts are questionable.  The day NetBSD accepts GPLv3 into
the tree is the day I stop tracking it.  And I'm sure I'm not
alone in that.  GPLv1 and v2 were obnoxious and hypocritical,
but mostly because of the fluff attached to the actual license.
They were basically readable and acceptable.  GPLv3, well, I've
read it, and it's sufficiently opaque that I don't even know
whether the restrictions it imposes are acceptable to me - and
it is unacceptable to me for that very reason; that level of
opacity in a copyright license grant means the copyright holder
is trying to put something over on their licensees - or wants to
impose Byzantinely complicated restrictions (or, I suppose, just
can't be bothered to write clearly, something v1 and v2 render
implausible in the case of the GPL).  Either way, it is
inappropriate for softw