Rapid development vs. preservation of freedom

Posted Sep 27, 2006 11:10 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Rapid development vs. preservation of freedom by xoddam
Parent article: Why Torvalds is sitting out the GPLv3 process (Linux.com)

Is this a case of sacrificing essential freedom for a little temporary innovation?

Yes. Unfortunatelly it also destructuve approach in the long run. 10-15 years from now linux kernel will either be relicensed under GPLv3 or similar license or it will be marginal OS kernel (like *BSD is now). But there are no rush. Yet.