Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750875AbWIYJGU (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:06:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750876AbWIYJGU (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:06:20 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:52747 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750870AbWIYJGU (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:06:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:06:11 +0100 From: Russell King To: Michiel de Boer Cc: James Bottomley , linux-kernel Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement Message-ID: <20060925090611.GB25449@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Michiel de Boer , James Bottomley , linux-kernel References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <451798FA.8000004@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <451798FA.8000004@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 929 Lines: 23 On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 10:53:14AM +0200, Michiel de Boer wrote: > For what it's worth, i support RMS and his fight for free software fully. > I support the current draft of the GPL version 3 and am very dissapointed > it will not be adopted as is. Let me stop you there. The kernel has had far too many contributors submit code under "GPLv2 only" to allow it to be universally relicensed as GPLv3, even if we _wanted_ to do that. So the question about adoption of GPLv3 is largely irrelevant for the kernel. If you think otherwise, please seek expert legal advice. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/