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Linus Says No GPLv3 for the Linux Kernel

Posted by Hemos on from the the-battle-wages-on dept.

HenchmenResources writes "Late Wednesday a posting from Linus Torvalds appered on the the Linux Kernel Mailing List. In it Linus states that the Linux Kernel will remain under the GPLv2. Types Linus,"The "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version" language in the GPL copying file is not - and has never been - part of the actual License itself.""

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  1. I GNU it! by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

    The Linux kernel has _always_ been under the GPL v2. Nothing else has ever been valid.

    Nothing to see here, please move along.

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
  2. Re:What v3 does he mean? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    If our task is to discredit the FSF and mis-characterize the GPLv3 effort, it is important to blow off the spirit of the license, which is to protect freedom, users, and developers.
    One great means of achieving this mis-characterization is to apply the old formula: "a text without a context is a pretext".

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    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
  3. Re:Don't see how this is a story. by Pope · · Score: 1, Funny
    For some of them, that's going to require a seance and/or JLH, since they are dead now.

    Whilst I wouldn't mind being the liason to contact Jennifer Love Hewitt for extended "meetings" and "negotiations," I don't believe she does much coding.

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    It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
  4. Re:Linus is wrong by DaHat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jesus Christ you are right!

    To quote the key section:

    If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.

    That just gave me an idea on how Microsoft and others could destroy Linux and other OSS...

    Step 1: Take over FSF
    Step 2: Turn GPL into a more BSD like license
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: Profit!

    And I think we all know what could and would happen for Step 3.

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  5. JLH??? by biendamon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jennifer Love Hewitt?
    Juicy Lumpy Hamburgers?
    Just Limp Humphrey?

  6. Re:Same old by ClamIAm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Considering Linus's views on some things now, I probably need to start storing marshmallows this week to enjoy the flamefests 20 years from now, when he's a cranky old bastard.

  7. GPLv3 is still in development by ajayrockrock · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone knows that the odd numbers are under active development. Linus is just waiting until the next stable release, GPLv4.

    --Ajay

  8. Re:What v3 does he mean? by Arandir · · Score: 3, Funny

    but this restriction is restricting your own use... arghhh... logical paradox loop... brain hurtz...

    Welcome to the wonderful world of GNU!

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