Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761259AbXFJRe1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:34:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751178AbXFJReS (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:34:18 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:45298 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751098AbXFJReS (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:34:18 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:33:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Tarkan Erimer cc: debian developer , "david@lang.hm" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Greg KH Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <18026.16739.228277.938421@notabene.brown> <20070609071231.GL2649@lug-owl.de> <466BB9B0.5030908@netone.net.tr> <466BCBBC.90305@netone.net.tr> <466C0901.4000405@netone.net.tr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1093 Lines: 28 On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I have yet to see any actual *reasons* for licensing under the GPLv3, > though. Btw, if Sun really _is_ going to release OpenSolaris under GPLv3, that _may_ be a good reason. I don't think the GPLv3 is as good a license as v2, but on the other hand, I'm pragmatic, and if we can avoid having two kernels with two different licenses and the friction that causes, I at least see the _reason_ for GPLv3. As it is, I don't really see a reason at all. I personally doubt it will happen, but hey, I didn't really expect them to open-source Java either(*), so it's not like I'm infallible in my predictions. Linus (*) And I've been pushing for that since before they even released it - I walked out on Bill Joy at a private event where they discussed their horrible previous Java license. - 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/