From 92b805c2c26e22c0d5d15bf9ad71f9ced9d602fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Cliff Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 06:53:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] possible GPLv4 GPLv3 came into existence when a loophole was found around abiding to the terms of the GPLv2. There is a loophole in the offer for source code, if you offer the source code but then deny users who use tor from getting it. --- what-to-do.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/what-to-do.md b/what-to-do.md index 9f30aa4..dd0a2f1 100644 --- a/what-to-do.md +++ b/what-to-do.md @@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ Therefore we recommend "Tor Browser" only. Nothing else. - The [ITU](https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/20181218/Documents/Geoff_Huston_Presentation.pdf) suggest in the US context that Cloudflare is starting to get big enough that antitrust law might be brought down upon them. +- It's conceivable that the GNU GPL v4 could include a provision against storing source code behind such a service, requiring for all GPLv4 and later programs that at least the source code is accessible via a medium that does not discriminate against tor users (or any other class of users or something?) + ------------ ### Now, what did you do today?