Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:55:23 -0300 |
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On Jun 17, 2007, "Gabor Czigola" <czigola@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder why the linux kernel development community couldn't propose > an own GPL draft (say v2.2) that is "as free as v2" and that includes > some ideas (from v3) that are considered as good (free, innovative, in > the spirit of whatever etc.) by the majority of the kernel developers.
For one, because the text of the GPL is copyrighted by the FSF, and licensed without permission for modification. And that's as it should be, you don't want others to modify the terms of the license you chose for your code, do you?
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