Re: GPL v3?

["Michael Pobega" <pobega@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 07:45:33PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> 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!
>

Even if not everyone wants to move over to the GPLv3, they can always
stick with GPLv2. Personally I think the GPLv3 is an improvement on
v2, but then again I'm only one person.