Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:34:02 -0500 | From | Patrick McLean <> | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux |
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Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:49:44 -0700 > "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com> wrote: > >> Cudos to Stallman, The patent retaliation clause is exactly what has >> been missing. The inclusion of custom binaries was a little vague, but >> the net of it is that the end user can combine the separate parts, and >> have the freedom to do so given the GPL3 terms. Any concensus on >> whether Linux will move to GPL3? > > No consensus exists, and it would require agreement from all the copyright > holders. >
I don't think the kernel is going to move to v3, it's licensed specifically as v2, this is from the top of COPYING:
> Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel > is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not > v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.
Also, given that several of the copyright holders in the kernel are dead, I don't think we will be able to obtain permission.
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