Kernel developers' position on GPLv3 [LWN.net]

Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

Posted Sep 22, 2006 22:45 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3 by Tester
Parent article: Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

That would be worse than staying with GPLv2: such a license (with an
`additional permission' would not be GPLv3 *nor* GPLv2 compatible.

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Kernel developers' position on GPLv3

Posted Sep 23, 2006 19:30 UTC (Sat) by Tester (subscriber, #40675) [Link]

> That would be worse than staying with GPLv2: such a license (with an
> `additional permission' would not be GPLv3 *nor* GPLv2 compatible.

If you read the GPLv3 draft, you can it would be GPLv3 compatible (and maybe only GPLv2 compatible).. Those license both state that you cannot add more restrictions, but you can always add more permissions. That's why the X11 license is GPL compatible..