Perm activists translated the "GPL v3 Quick Start Guide"
The Perm Linux User Group has translated and published a GPL v3 Quick Reference Guide (A Quick Guide to GPLv3). This publication describes the innovations and benefits of this license, which was officially published on June 29, 2007, in a popular and not too “legal” language. The translation is made in the wiki, the text is editable.
Below is published a key piece of the article, which very briefly and clearly explains the main essence of GPL v3.
We updated the GPL so that the principles of “copyleft” embedded in it could not be undermined from the legal or technological side. The latest version protects users from the following three threats:
TiVo-izatsiya (the term comes from the name of the digital video recorder TiVo company of the same name). Some companies have created different devices that run the GPL software, and then equipped the equipment in such a way that they have the ability to change the software on this device, and you - no. If various software can be run on the device, it is a universal computer and its owner should be able to control what is happening inside. If the device is designed to prevent this, we call it a TiVo isation.
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Laws prohibiting free software: Legislation such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright Directive consider it a crime to write or distribute software that is capable of hacking DRM. These laws should not infringe upon the rights granted to you by the GPL.
Patent Discrimination Policy: Microsoft recently announced that it will not pursue free software users for copyright infringement - as long as they receive software from vendors who work with Microsoft. In the end, Microsoft is trying to get money for using free software, which is at odds with the principles of freedom. No company should be able to do something like this.
Meanwhile, the translation of the text of the GPL v3 license itself into Russian is still ongoing , anyone can take part in the process.
via Linux.org.ru
Below is published a key piece of the article, which very briefly and clearly explains the main essence of GPL v3.
We updated the GPL so that the principles of “copyleft” embedded in it could not be undermined from the legal or technological side. The latest version protects users from the following three threats:
TiVo-izatsiya (the term comes from the name of the digital video recorder TiVo company of the same name). Some companies have created different devices that run the GPL software, and then equipped the equipment in such a way that they have the ability to change the software on this device, and you - no. If various software can be run on the device, it is a universal computer and its owner should be able to control what is happening inside. If the device is designed to prevent this, we call it a TiVo isation.
')
Laws prohibiting free software: Legislation such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the European Union Copyright Directive consider it a crime to write or distribute software that is capable of hacking DRM. These laws should not infringe upon the rights granted to you by the GPL.
Patent Discrimination Policy: Microsoft recently announced that it will not pursue free software users for copyright infringement - as long as they receive software from vendors who work with Microsoft. In the end, Microsoft is trying to get money for using free software, which is at odds with the principles of freedom. No company should be able to do something like this.
Meanwhile, the translation of the text of the GPL v3 license itself into Russian is still ongoing , anyone can take part in the process.
via Linux.org.ru
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/16202/
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