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Jolla seems to have THE SCARE when it comes to using GPLv3 licensed products in the device. A glaring example is bash, of which we're stuck in an ancient 3.x version, because in the 4.x bash switched to the GPLv3.

There's lots of misconceptions about what GPLv3. Personally I think it would be a major step if Jolla was one of the first companies that would show that it is possible to build a device that uses the GPLv3.

The GPLv3 is virtually the only legal protection left to ensure our devices remain open and "hackable".

Please vote this suggestion if you would like to see Jolla embrace GPLv3. Feel free to edit this post if you want, since I'm a poor marketer. Suggested "solutions" to this thread are e.g. repositories with the latest versions of all GPLv3 packages so that we can install them on our Jollas, or solutions to the potential legal problems/FUD.

Jolla seems to have THE SCARE when it comes to using GPLv3 licensed products in the device. A glaring example is bash, of which we're stuck in an ancient 3.x version, because in the 4.x bash Bash switched to the GPLv3.

There's lots of misconceptions about what GPLv3. Personally I think it would be a major step if Jolla was one of the first companies that would show that it is possible to build a device that uses the GPLv3.

The GPLv3 is virtually the only legal protection left to ensure our devices remain open and "hackable".

Please vote this suggestion if you would like to see Jolla embrace GPLv3. Feel free to edit this post if you want, since I'm a poor marketer. Suggested "solutions" to this thread are e.g. repositories with the latest versions of all GPLv3 packages so that we can install them on our Jollas, or solutions to the potential legal problems/FUD.

Jolla seems to have THE SCARE when it comes to using GPLv3 licensed products in the device. A glaring example is bash, of which we're stuck in an ancient 3.x version, because in the 4.x release Bash switched to the GPLv3.

There's lots of misconceptions about what GPLv3. Personally I think it would be a major step if Jolla was one of the first companies that would show that it is possible to build a device that uses the GPLv3.

The GPLv3 is virtually the only legal protection left to ensure our devices remain open and "hackable".

Please vote this suggestion if you would like to see Jolla embrace GPLv3. Feel free to edit this post if you want, since I'm a poor marketer. Suggested "solutions" to this thread are e.g. repositories with the latest versions of all GPLv3 packages so that we can install them on our Jollas, or solutions to the potential legal problems/FUD.

Jolla seems to have THE SCARE when it comes to using GPLv3 licensed products in the device. A glaring example is bash, of which we're stuck in an ancient 3.x version, because in the 4.x release Bash switched to the GPLv3.

There's lots of misconceptions about what GPLv3. are GPLv3's requirements. Personally I think it would be a major step if Jolla was one of the first companies that would show that it is possible to build a device that uses the GPLv3.

The GPLv3 is virtually the only legal protection left to ensure our devices remain open and "hackable".

Please vote this suggestion if you would like to see Jolla embrace GPLv3. Feel free to edit this post if you want, since I'm a poor marketer. Suggested "solutions" to this thread are e.g. repositories with the latest versions of all GPLv3 packages so that we can install them on our Jollas, or solutions to the potential legal problems/FUD.