Licensing and GPLv3

• Version 3 of the GPL is still in draft form

• • Final version due in June

• Relatively unpopular in kernel circles

• • The anti-DRM provisions in particular

• The kernel is explicitly licensed under GPLv2

• • The “or any later version” language is missing

• Changing the license would be hard

• • Hundreds of copyright holders
  • Achieving a consensus is unlikely
  • Even finding them all would be hard

• Thus:

• • A GPLv3-licensed kernel is unlikely