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Linus Warms (Slightly) to GPL3

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-only-a-very-little dept.

lisah writes "Though Linus Torvalds isn't exactly tripping over himself to endorse the GPLv3 draft, he continues to warm up to it little by little and says the newest version is 'a hell of a lot better than the disaster that were the earlier drafts.'"

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  1. Re:GPL3 is a good thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Remember we're all free to choose our license...

    No, we're all *unfree* to choose our license! Real freedom will be when everyone has to use only free licenses.

    Please review RMS's latest encyclical on the difference between Free free and free Free.

  2. In other news... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Linus has announced that although he's always hated marmalade in the past, he's slightly warming up to it after a recent bite of a friend's toast. He has also recently bought a green shirt despite earlier statements about green being his least favorite color, and it seems he currently prefers his eggs cooked slightly less runny than in the past.

    Rumors that he is experimenting with a new brand of tube socks are as yet unconfirmed.

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    1. Re:In other news... by TeknoHog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Rumors that he is experimenting with a new brand of tube socks

      For the TCP/IP stack, I presume.

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  3. Hmm... by katterjohn · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll make my own license... with blackjack... and hookers.

    In fact, forget the license.

  4. Warming Slowly? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'd think he'd be warming a lot quicker with all the flame mails coming in from the GPL fanboys.

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    1. Re:Warming Slowly? by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please be more specific about which version's fanboys, as I'm unsure whether i should be flaming you or not for that comment.

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  5. Scientists are concerned by Billosaur · · Score: 4, Funny

    They are worried that Linus warming will contribute to global average temperature rise. This could be offset however, by eliminating a source of greenhouse gas emissions. Suggestions include Steve Ballmer...

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  6. Re:Runaway Linus Warming!!! by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rubbish, linus isn't warming. This is just part of a repeating cycle every 800 years or so, no biggie. Blame Sun.

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  7. Re:lets take a point from the man himself... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    It is easy to see where we are going

    BSD License: Use our code, but keep our names in the source.
    GPL2 License: Use our code, but give back your code too.
    GPL3 License: Use our code, give back your code, and do not use DRM or Patents to restrict your code or derivative program in any way. GPL4 License: Use our code, give back your code, do not use DRM or Patents to restrict your code or derivative program in any way, grow your hair long and give up showering.

    Remember kiddies: Restrictions are freedom.
  8. Re:Do you understand at all... by rajafarian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, I'm beginning to wonder how many astro-turfers are crawling around slash-dot.

    I wonder if Microsoft puts astroturfers in their Research budget. (I'm still trying to decide why, with billions of dollars in research every year, they still suck, and never truly innovate.)

  9. Re:GPL3 is a good thing by PitaBred · · Score: 2, Funny

    Malkovich? Malkovich malkovich!

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