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Linux Kernel Developers' Position on GPLv3

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-all-heart-shaped-penguins dept.

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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  1. BSD License is better! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nothing's as FREE as BSD!

  2. Notable FUDsters *on* slashdot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Yeah well many of us don't like BSD licensing, not because it's not free (it is), but because it doesn't guarantee that source code will be made available."*

    http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html

    Nice to see the FUDsters out in force.

    *And before you open your mouth, I can think of a couple ways one can keep changes out of your hands. Some even legal.