Torvalds' Ode to GPLv2
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| When many of the top Linux developers announced their disapproval of the
| GPLv3 draft, there was one major name conspicuously missing: Linus
| Torvalds.
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| [...]
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| So, it seems that as long as Stallman and the other authors of the
| GPLv3 stick to their guns that the new license must include its current
| patent language, its objections to DRM, and its additional restrictions
| section, it will not be used in Linux. For Linus, and the majority of
| senior Linux kernel developers, the best open-source license is already
| here -- and it's the GPLv2.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5627827397.html
Related:
Linux lab: GPL clarification needed ASAP
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| The Free Software Foundation urgently needs to explain how software
| governed by the current General Public License will interact with that
| governed by a successor now under development, the leader of the Open
| Source Development Labs said Wednesday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6117785.html
Kernel developers' position on GPLv3
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| This document is a position statement on the GNU General Public License
| version 3 (in its current Draft 2 form) and its surrounding process
| issued by some of the Maintainers of the Linux Kernel speaking purely in
| their
| role as kernel maintainers. In no regard should any opinion expressed
| herein be construed to represent the views of any entities employing or
| being associated with any of the authors.
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http://lwn.net/Articles/200422/
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