this likely calls for a new L/GPL "exception"?


Philippe Ombredanne
 

See today's announcement: "Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), Facebook, Inc.
(NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today
announced efforts to promote additional predictability in open source
licensing, by committing to extend additional rights to cure open
source license compliance errors and mistakes."

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171127005221/en/Technology-Industry-Leaders-Join-Forces-Increase-Predictability
https://opensource.google.com/gpl-enforcement/
https://developer.ibm.com/code/open/
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/fostering-greater-open-source-development

Jilayne, Dennis: what's your take?
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