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    SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
    On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

    > On Jun 20, 2007, "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    >> On 19/06/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> wrote:
    >>> On Jun 18, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
    >>>> In the GPLv3 world, we have already discussed in this thread how you can
    >>>> follow the GPLv3 by making the TECHNICALLY INFERIOR choice of using a ROM
    >>>> instead of using a flash device.
    >>>
    >>> Yes. This is one option that doesn't bring any benefits to anyone.
    >>> It maintains the status quo for users and the community, but it loses
    >>> the ability for the vendor to upgrade, fix or otherwise control the
    >>> users. Bad for the vendor.
    >
    >> Also bad for the user
    >
    > We already know the vendor doesn't care about the user, so why should
    > we take this into account when analyzing the reasoning of the vendor?

    no, we don't know this. you attribute the reason for the lockdown to be
    anti-user. others view it as being pro-user becouse it lets the user get
    functionality that they wouldn't have access to otherwise.

    David Lang
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