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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. slashy mc dotted by DarkClown · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dig the php db connect debug code at the top of that linked linus posting.
    mirrored anyone?

  2. Going there with IE is bad apparently by phunhippy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you get this funny little message at the top

    "I see you're using Internet Explorer. You may want to try Firefox, I think you'll like it better.

    Firefox can block unwanted pop-up windows.
    It can stop viruses and spyware.
    It keeps Microsoft from controlling the future of the internet.
    It's more conformant to the prevailing standards (XHTML, CSS, etc)
    Click the button on the right to download and install Firefox. It's free.
    "

    That's really annoying..

    1. Re:Going there with IE is bad apparently by thetejon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Going ANYWHERE with IE is bad. I keep asking my team lead if we can stop supporting IE, but he rambles on about how "most of our users use IE" or some such nonsense.

    2. Re:Going there with IE is bad apparently by petabyte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, I'd like that code for my website. I wonder if its freely available ...

    3. Re:Going there with IE is bad apparently by DogDude · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If I see anything like that on a website, I pretty much instantly discount anything that website has to say. It's juvenile, and wrong,as I get pop-ups with Firefox, and plenty of viruses attempts whiz right past firefox, and don't stop until my virus checker gets 'em (http://free-av.com./

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    4. Re:Going there with IE is bad apparently by rohan972 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Now you know how users of other browsers feel when going to pages that urge them to use IE.

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  3. YOU FAIL yIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    rivalry, and we'll very Mdistracting to Users With LaGrge WASTE OF BITS AND

  4. Re:DRM, private keys by fitten · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unfortunately, I'm unable to mod your post up right now (and it deserves it).

  5. You can't trust a man .... by DrSkwid · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that splits infinitives !!

    The _default_ is to not allow conversion.

    Sorry Linus its should be : The _default_ is not to allow conversion.

    Or, I suspect this form would be more appropriate: The _default_ is to disallow conversion.

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  6. Re:You are wrong. by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "The _default_ is to not allow conversion."
    and
    "The _default_ is not to allow conversion."

    have completely seperate meanings. One says what the default /is/, the other says only what the default /isn't/.

    'more correct' might be:
    "The _default_ is to disallow conversion."

    but here it is clear that "not allow" is being used as another way of saying "disallow" (for something as all-or-nothing as "allow", these are synonyms. [synophrases? whatever])

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  7. and... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/niven/142/img/ rb5001.jpg