[Sussex] So... GPL v3, eh?

Steve 'Dobbo' Dobson steve at dobson.org
Tue Jul 10 13:18:39 UTC 2007


Karl

On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 12:10:48PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> Besides, Torvalds isn't too keen on GPLv3. But then again, he's not 
> really into the "free software" thing - he's much more of a pragmatist.

I think I heard that (in principal) he was prepared to go to GPLv3, but as
you say, there is that whole GPLv2 only bit and having to get permission 
from every kernel developer (or re-write their contributions where permission
can't be obtained or isn't given).
 
Steve
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