Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:56:44 -0700 | From | "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <> | Subject | When is the kernel moving to GPLv3? |
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/"Red Hat has slammed the door shut <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2059675,00.asp> on any possibility of entering into a patent protection deal similar to the one Microsoft recently announced with Novell, eWeek is reporting. While Microsoft has repeatedly said it wants to work with Red Hat and would like to structure a relationship where its customers can be assured of the same thing as Novell's customers <http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/11/02/1957252.shtml?tid=109> now are, Mark Webbink, Red Hat's deputy general counsel, says 'we do not believe there is a need for or basis for the type of relationship defined in the Microsoft-Novell announcement.' Interestingly enough, Microsoft also says that it has not ruled out going it alone and providing some sort of indemnification for its customers who also use Red Hat Linux."/
"Meanwhile, Eben Moglen, the FSF general counsel, promises that GPLv3 will explicitly outlaw <http://money.cnn.com/blogs/legalpad/2006/11/is-microsoft-novell-deal-dead-on.html> deals like this. (Of course everyone's on v2, so calling the Novell deal "DOA" would be premature.)"
So when is the kernel moving to GPLv3? I have seen some discussions about moving off v2, is there concensus about moving to v3 to remove threats of patent claims against v2 code by M$ and others who may use Linux in hardware based projects.
Jeff
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