Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756926AbXFLSHZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:07:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755015AbXFLSHP (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:07:15 -0400 Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com ([66.249.90.176]:53092 "EHLO ik-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754816AbXFLSHN (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:07:13 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SAPH+w3Mvh+3MeFvYHAPEqEIOO+wUOIfz/J+opZf53d1I1oaYxOI1Ja7xyyIMNnVj9GG3B0LjxViJ4qUimAjeDjJlXpjuU6M4DhnKrOcWktpMB8FTBOriZT/oFmpMkRRvvqTLITMIi9+nSSgwRIPYEwycVHpPYZKLtjnTN+8g48= Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:37:11 +0530 From: "debian developer" To: "Greg KH" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "david@lang.hm" , "Tarkan Erimer" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" , "Linus Torvalds" , mingo@elte.hu In-Reply-To: <20070610160531.GA12179@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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> <20070610160531.GA12179@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1889 Lines: 43 On 6/10/07, Greg KH wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 04:25:55PM +0530, debian developer wrote: > > On 6/10/07, david@lang.hm wrote: > > > On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Tarkan Erimer wrote: > > > > > > >> > And maybe another questions should be : How long a copyright owner > > > can > > > >> > hold the copyright, if died or lost for sometime ? if died, the > > > >> > copyright still should be valid or not ? If lost, what the law orders > > > at > > > >> > this point for copyright holding ? > > > >> > > > >> I believe that in the US it's life + 90 years. > > > >> > > > >> David Lang > > > > Hmm... Really,it is damn too much time to wait! It's really better idea > > > to > > > > replace the code of this person as said before instead of waiting such > > > 90+ > > > > years! > > > > > > exactly, however as others are pointing out, there are a lot of active > > > developers who do not agree with some of the key points of the GPLv3 > > > (including Linus), so until you convince them that the GPLv3 is better it > > > > Last heard, Linus was quite impressed with the toned down version of > > the final draft of GPLv3. I think Linus, and other major developers > > should make their stand on this issue clear so that the kernel > > community can discuss the future steps. > > "future steps"? Hah. > > My code is going to stay GPLv2 as the v3 license is horrible for kernel > code for all of the reasons I have said in the past, plus a few more > (what, I can make an "industrial" product but not a commercial one? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What exactly in GPLv3 forbids you from making a commercial product? - 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/