Possible routes to kernel on GPLv3

Possible routes to kernel on GPLv3

Posted Jan 28, 2007 14:09 UTC (Sun) by grouch (guest, #27289)
In reply to: Possible routes to kernel on GPLv3 by vonbrand
Parent article: GPL 3: An Open-Source Earthquake? (CRN)

Exactly the same could somebody who is a lawyer say about writing a kernel.

Lawyers must be a different kind of animal where you live. If you ever get a lawyer who says he or she can quickly and precisely determine the effects of changing a few words in a legal document, run away!

You can do such changes with software code and the results will be apparent when anyone, anywhere, properly compiles and tests that code. Judges, lawyers, courts and legislatures do not perform the same function as a compiler.

The process used for drafting GPLv3 is unprecedented. I can find no instance of any other software license ever being created by soliciting feedback from the world.

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