Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030243AbWJCPeM (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:34:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030239AbWJCPeL (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:34:11 -0400 Received: from 8.ctyme.com ([69.50.231.8]:11188 "EHLO darwin.ctyme.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030243AbWJCPeI (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:34:08 -0400 Message-ID: <452282EF.90504@perkel.com> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:34:07 -0700 From: Marc Perkel User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: Maybe it's time to fork the GPL License - create the Linux license? References: <20060928144028.GA21814@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>

<4520D40F.8080500@perkel.com> <9a8748490610020214r6ecc5cc9nd5f1617d06650234@mail.gmail.com> 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: 1645 Lines: 36 Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > It's mentioned in the preamble, but it is actually a part of the license > tag you put in your code. > > > Jan Engelhardt > Yep - and if it's in there it creates confusion. Anyhow - I just threw the idea out there because even though the GPL2 has served the community well there comes a point where if RMS has evolved into more f a hinderence than a help to the cause and if he is going to dig in and be unreasonable then the idea of forking the license becomes more thinkable. I would feel more comfortable if say Larry Lessig of Creative Commons in combination with perhaps with EFF we in charge of license development. These are more trusted organization with serious legal minds who can write a license that actually protects our interests in a way that will hold up in courts. So far the GPL2 is doing fine but it occasionally needs a little tweak to make it more accurate. One of those tweaks is that the preamble lose the "or later" clause. Maybe RMS will get the message and realize that the Linux voice must be heard and he will return to some kind of sanity on this. I don't think it's time yet to fork the GPL but I think it's time to talk about the possibility if GPL3 doesn't change. I think that GPL3 is so substantially different than GPL2 that it should not have the same name. So if GPL3 doesn't change then I vote fork. - 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/