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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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  2. 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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