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Torvalds 'pretty pleased' with latest gpl3 draft

democrates · 2007-03-29 15:57:32

http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6171300.html This reminds me of the N.I. peace process. With Solaris committed to GPLv3, and differing opinions on it, Linus and co. face a potentially very damaging fork in the wider FLOSS community whether they like it or not. By being insistant on certain issues, he's got some taken on…

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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6171300.html

"I'm actually pretty pleased. Not because I think it's perfect, but simply because I think it's certainly a lot better than I really expected from the previous drafts," he said. "Whether it's actually a better license than the GPLv2, I'm still a bit skeptical, but at least it's now 'I'm skeptical' rather than 'Hell no!'"
Torvalds was noncommittal about whether he might try to move the Linux kernel to GPL 3--a change that would require the permission not just of Torvalds but also of all other Linux kernel copyright holders. But he didn't rule it out. "The current draft makes me think it's at least a possibility in theory, but whether it's practical and worth it is a totally different thing," he said. "Practically speaking, it would involve a lot of work to make sure everything relevant is GPLv3-compatible even if we decided that the GPL 3 is OK."

This reminds me of the N.I. peace process.

With Solaris committed to GPLv3, and differing opinions on it, Linus and co. face a potentially very damaging fork in the wider FLOSS community whether they like it or not. By being insistant on certain issues, he's got some taken on board and now has a better chance to bring more people with him to the new license.

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