Linux Kernel Developers' Position on GPLv3

diegocgteleline.es writes "A group of 29 Linux kernel developers have recently come together and produced a position statement on GPLv3 (PDF, txt) explaining why, essentially, they don't like it. 'The three key objections noted in section 5 are individually and collectively sufficient reason for us to reject the current license proposal ... we foresee the release of GPLv3 portends the Balkanization of the entire Open Source Universe upon which we rely'. They've also run a GPLv3 poll."

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Re:Notable names *not* on the list

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Gah. s/dispite/despite/.

The claims I'm referring to are his claims that old versions of Linux were GPLv2 only, when in fact they were a mix of GPLv2-or-later, GPLv2-only, and *any* version of the GPL (due to GPLv2 section 9). Linus likes to ignore section 9 when he says that, e.g. the old build system are covered by GPLv2-only.