Linus Says No GPLv3 for the Linux Kernel

HenchmenResources writes "Late Wednesday a posting from Linus Torvalds appered on the the Linux Kernel Mailing List. In it Linus states that the Linux Kernel will remain under the GPLv2. Types Linus,"The "version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version" language in the GPL copying file is not - and has never been - part of the actual License itself.""

I GNU it!

[digitaldc]

The Linux kernel has _always_ been under the GPL v2. Nothing else has ever been valid.

Nothing to see here, please move along.

Re:What v3 does he mean?

[smittyoneeach]

If our task is to discredit the FSF and mis-characterize the GPLv3 effort, it is important to blow off the spirit of the license, which is to protect freedom, users, and developers.
One great means of achieving this mis-characterization is to apply the old formula: "a text without a context is a pretext".

Re:Don't see how this is a story.

[Pope]

For some of them, that's going to require a seance and/or JLH, since they are dead now.

Whilst I wouldn't mind being the liason to contact Jennifer Love Hewitt for extended "meetings" and "negotiations," I don't believe she does much coding.

Re:Linus is wrong

[DaHat]

Jesus Christ you are right!

To quote the key section:

If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation.

That just gave me an idea on how Microsoft and others could destroy Linux and other OSS...

Step 1: Take over FSF
Step 2: Turn GPL into a more BSD like license
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit!

And I think we all know what could and would happen for Step 3.

JLH???

[biendamon]

Jennifer Love Hewitt?
Juicy Lumpy Hamburgers?
Just Limp Humphrey?

Re:Same old

[ClamIAm]

Considering Linus's views on some things now, I probably need to start storing marshmallows this week to enjoy the flamefests 20 years from now, when he's a cranky old bastard.

GPLv3 is still in development

[ajayrockrock]

Everyone knows that the odd numbers are under active development. Linus is just waiting until the next stable release, GPLv4.

--Ajay

Re:What v3 does he mean?

[Arandir]

but this restriction is restricting your own use... arghhh... logical paradox loop... brain hurtz...

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