GPLv3 and an interesting AJAX app
2006-01-17 02:52 pmThe draft of the GPL Version 3 is available for public comment. It looks pretty good -- some fuzzy spots have been clarified, DRM and software patents have been addressed, and it has been made more compatible with some other licenses. (I'm not exactly clear on which other licenses at this point.)
The other interesting thing to me, as a developer with a long-standing interest in annotation systems and interactive web sites, and a growing interest in AJAX, was the elegant annotation system that allows users to select a piece of text and type "c" to submit a comment. Naturally, it's licensed under the GPL version 3 (which isn't finalized yet) -- I'm not sure what it says about me that I find that amusing.