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Re: GPL v3?



Am 2007-04-02 20:50:25, schrieb John L Fjellstad:
> Not if GPLv3 is incompatible with GPLv2.  Linus doesn't have much say in
> the license of the kernel since the different codes are owned by the
> different authors (unlike FSF software that is owned by FSF).  They
> would either have to track down all the contributors or rewrite the code
> for the stuff owned by people they can't track down or for people who
> don't want to relicense their code.  And that was the intention of the
> kernel too, which is why they removed the "..or later" text from the
> standard license text.

..and I think, it is nearly impossible to get several 1000 Developers
and Code-Contributors on the same table to change the GPL version!

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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