Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

["linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@analogic.com>]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Chase Venters wrote:

> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Marc Perkel wrote:
>> If I write some code and that code becomes a critical part of the linux
>> kernel and my code is GPLv3 then no one could use Linux unless they removed
>> my code. (And all GPLv3 code) - Thus the inclusion of GPLv3 code would force
>> the whole kernel to be effectively GPLv3. Unless Linus says nothing gets
>> included unless it's GPLv2.
>>
>> [more to this effect]
>
> I assume that Linus's dissatisfaction with the GPLv3 means that this
> licensing characteristic is implied. I suppose it might be valuable to
> have an explicit declaration on this issue.
>
> As for the rest of my message, my remarks and assumptions about how Linux
> is governed by the most restrictive clause apply to today's kernel (ie, no
> GPLv3 code at all).
>
> I was honestly hoping that this debate wouldn't ignite until when we were
> much closer to having the real, final license. Or perhaps that it would
> ignite with the purpose of participating in the development of GPLv3.
> Neither seems to be the case, and so notwithstanding your concers about
> people merging in GPLv3 code, if the issue's not dead already, it's
> probably frozen until the real, live GPLv3 gets released.
>

No. It's dead. Linus says it's dead. It's dead.

QUOTE..."

No. You think "v2 or later" is the default. It's not. The _default_ is to
not allow conversion.

Conversion isn't going to happen.

 		Linus

"...ENDQUOTE

> Cheers,
> Chase

Attempting to change existing licensing can invalidate all
licensing. The less done, the better.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.13.4 on an i686 machine (5589.66 BogoMips).
Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction.
.

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