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Why Torvalds is Sitting out the GPLv3 Process

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sidelines dept.

lisah writes "Linus Torvalds has a lot of reasons for not wanting to participate in drafting the third version of the GNU General Public License (GPL): He doesn't like meetings, says committees don't make sense, has philosophical differences with the Free Software Foundation, and seems to be generally distrustful of the whole drafting process. Though Torvalds prefers the GPLv2, he says if others prefer the GPLv3, they ought to support it because 'it's not like it kills and eats small children for breakfast, and must never be allowed.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

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  4. It kills and eats small children for breakfast... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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