is the GPLv3 "similar in spirit" to the GPLv2?

is the GPLv3 "similar in spirit" to the GPLv2?

Posted Sep 27, 2006 0:08 UTC (Wed) by pinky0x51 (guest, #40742)
In reply to: is the GPLv3 "similar in spirit" to the GPLv2? by mingo
Parent article: Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)

>the kernel developers wrote the other 7 million lines of code. Thus what matters mostly is the Linux kernel contributors' view on this issue.
>(and if you claim the FSF wrote the toolchain that's not true anymore either, while the FSF has the copyrights assigned, both glibc and gcc was largely written and is being written and maintained by non-FSF people.)

What makes someone a Linux Hacker? Right, if he contributes to linux.
What makes someone a GNU Hacker? Right, if he contributes to GNU software.
If the GNU or Linux hacker is employed by any IT company or if he does it in his spare time or if i believes in the words of Linus Torvalds or in the words of the FSF doesn't make any difference. If he contributes to Linux, he is a Linux Hacker and the result will always be linux and if he contribute to GNU he is a GNU Hacker and the result will always be GNU.

So yes, GNU is much larger than Linux.

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