Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763579AbXFKIiw (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752600AbXFKIip (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:45 -0400 Received: from smtpgw02.netonehosting.com ([193.192.98.26]:35376 "EHLO smtpgw02.netonehosting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751336AbXFKIio (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:44 -0400 Message-ID: <466D0A12.5030607@netone.net.tr> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:38:42 +0300 From: Tarkan Erimer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds 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 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> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-9; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-NETONE-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-NETONE-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-NETONE-MailScanner-From: tarkan@netone.net.tr Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1419 Lines: 38 Linus Torvalds wrote: > 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. > Thanks for making things more clear :-) Some really strong indications that Sun is very willing to,at least, "Dual-License" the OpenSolaris with GPLv3. I think; in a very short time; we will see when the GPLv3 finalized and released. Regards, Tarkan - 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/