Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750854AbWJBIzp (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:55:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751031AbWJBIzp (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:55:45 -0400 Received: from 8.ctyme.com ([69.50.231.8]:3456 "EHLO darwin.ctyme.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750854AbWJBIzo (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Oct 2006 04:55:44 -0400 Message-ID: <4520D40F.8080500@perkel.com> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:55:43 -0700 From: Marc Perkel User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Maybe it's time to fork the GPL License - create the Linux license? References: <20060928144028.GA21814@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamfilter-host: darwin.ctyme.com - http://www.junkemailfilter.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1472 Lines: 29 Just a thought. Suppose we forked the GPL2 license and created the Linux license? (Or some better name) It's kind of clear the Stallman has his own ajenda and that it's not compatible with the Linux model. So - lets fork it an start a new one. The idea of the new license is as follows. It would be backwards compatible with GPL2. It's would eliminate the "or later" clause because we have already seen the potential for abuse there. How can one agree to future licenses without knowing what they are going to be? The other feature is that the license is only modified to provide legal clarification or to deal with future issues that occur as a result of new technology or circumstances that we don't know about yet. If the licenses is modified then copyright holders would then have to explicitly declare that they accept the modifications by switching to the new terms. Anyhow - I'm thinking that Richard Stallman might be more of a liability to the GPL movement and that if something can't be worked out with GPLx then maybe it's time to just fork the license and come up with a new system that is crazy leader proof. Just suggesting this as an alternative if the FSF folks insist on a political ajenda. - 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/