If you ask their motivation? "We want to make them safer"
They worked pretty fine for decades, now, who needs these rewrites? Not saying it's useless, but in practice, what benefits did this bring?
They worked pretty fine for decades, now, who needs these rewrites? Not saying it's useless, but in practice, what benefits did this bring?
alas, only GPL-3 gives the right to repair and modify the TV or car or refrigerator you own...
They claim it is for compliance but it's well known that user modifications to cars are no longer the responsibility of the car company. I think it's more on principle than any real legal concern.
the trend to give software mit or bsd licenses instead ead of GPL is concerning.