GPLv3 *compatible* terms [LWN.net]

GPLv3 compatible terms

Posted Jun 29, 2012 16:26 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: GPLv3 *compatible* terms by landley
Parent article: Linksvayer: 5 years of GPLv3

Everybody mocked Sun's CDDL but when the FSF shipped a new copyleft license the Linux kernel would never use, that was somehow different?

Well, yes. Kernels don't share much code with non-kernelspace projects whether or not the license is compatible. Code sharing in either direction between the Linux kernel and other GPLv2-only projects (nearly all of which are in userspace) is minimal.

There are significant projects out there which are not the Linux kernel. Some have shifted license. Some have not. The world does not appear to have ended, nor even slowed in its rotation.

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GPLv3 compatible terms

Posted Jun 29, 2012 17:13 UTC (Fri) by dark (guest, #8483) [Link] (1 responses)

Sadly, the world did slow in its rotation. It now completes a revolution 85 μs slower than in the summer of 2007. Whether this was entirely due to the GPLv3 is of course unclear.

GPLv3 compatible terms

Posted Jun 29, 2012 19:11 UTC (Fri) by bryan (guest, #64696) [Link]

And yet they have to insert another leap second on June 30 2012.