0x67: Analysis of Two Backports of GPLv3 Termination Provisions to GPLv2

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Bradley and Karen discuss two additional permissions that can be used

to “backport” the GPLv3

Termination provisions to GPLv2

— the Kernel Enforcement Statement Additional Permission, and the

Red Hat Cooperation Commitment. A blog post on Conservancy's site summarizes the discussion on this show.

Show Notes:

Segment 0 (00:35)

Bradley mentioned irregardless

is not actually a word, but it does appear to be slang

, which dates

back to 1795! (03:23)

The

additional permission system was codified as a formal part of

GPLv3

, but are generally more informal under GPLv2. (05:24)

Karen explained what the Principles

of Community-Oriented GPL Enforcement

. (07:49)

Karen mentioned that Daleks terminate!

(08:51)

Segment 1 (13:04)

Bradley mentioned the inbound=outbound FOSS licensing

contributor assent system

(18:15)

Segment 2 (26:10)

Karen and Bradley discuss the term “non-defensive” and what

it means.

Bradley mentioned the Twin

Peaks lawsuit

as a non-hypothetical case where the RHCC would not

apply where GPL enforcement was used by Red Hat itself as a retaliation

tactic. (29:23)

The Kernel

Enforcement Statement

and the RHCC

are available online.

Segment 3 (38:40)

The next episode of will be an interview with Molly De Blanc and

recording of her keynote at CopyleftConf 2019

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