Do yourself a favor and read the whole article as the above summery is taken somewhat out of context.- Keeping a program under GPLv2 won't create problems.
- Crucial for Digital Restrictions Management
- Ban on tivoization applies to any product whose use by consumers
- Another threat that GPLv3 resists is that of patent deals like the Novell-Microsoft deal
- GPLv3 also provides for explicit patent protection of the users from the program's contributors and redistributors.
- GPLv3 seeks to limit and channel [software patent] danger
- Change is unlikely to cease once GPLv3 is released.
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