Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)

Posted Sep 26, 2006 23:01 UTC (Tue) by mingo (subscriber, #31122)
In reply to: Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com) by Zack
Parent article: Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)

Regardless, the GPLv3 is of no concern anymore to most of the leading kernel developers and it is already abundantly clear they will not adopt it even if they could, so why is there this interest [...]

It's quite simple: we very much care about free software in general.

We'd also like you to understand our position and show you what the basis of our position is.

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Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)

Posted Sep 27, 2006 13:31 UTC (Wed) by dmantione (guest, #4640) [Link] (1 responses)

With all respect, but it doesn't look you are acting wisely. Wether you
like Stalman or not, in general, the GPL3 is a big improvement. If you
don't like the DRM stuff, you can always grant an exception. (Allthough
forbidding Tivoisation, just one of the intended improvements, is a wise
decision IMHO.)

Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)

Posted Sep 28, 2006 21:48 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (guest, #4458) [Link]

"Grant an exception" that anyone can just strip out whenever they like is of no use. Plus the whole "exceptions" and "extra rights" nonsense creates hundreds of non-compatible licenses, for no good reason at all.