LWN.net Logo

Reasoning behind the "preferred form" language in the GPL

Reasoning behind the "preferred form" language in the GPL

Posted Mar 7, 2011 12:54 UTC (Mon) by foom (subscriber, #14868)
In reply to: Reasoning behind the "preferred form" language in the GPL by dlang
Parent article: Commitment to Open (Red Hat News)

Well, I don't really believe the GPL requires it, but I still think it's quite poor for RH to do this. Just because something isn't litigable doesn't mean you have to like it.

I think it's a problem because other kernel developers are complaining about it making their life more difficult, and the reason for the change was indeed to make other people's life more difficult.


(Log in to post comments)

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds