Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754394AbXFNSoQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:44:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751483AbXFNSoF (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:44:05 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:57452 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751102AbXFNSoD (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:44:03 -0400 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Sean , Adrian Bunk , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Daniel Hazelton , Alan Cox , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706132140.13490.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614020827.GO3588@stusta.de> <200706132243.14651.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614025640.GQ3588@stusta.de> <9578.1181793617@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20070614152034.GS3588@stusta.de> <20070614131409.9a5800dc.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> From: Alexandre Oliva Organization: Red Hat OS Tools Group Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:42:24 -0300 In-Reply-To: (Linus Torvalds's message of "Thu\, 14 Jun 2007 10\:36\:08 -0700 \(PDT\)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) 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: 1277 Lines: 33 On Jun 14, 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > .. but I think that the software license I choose should be about the > software, and about giving back in kind. > And the GPLv2 is _perfect_ for that. > And the GPLv3 is horrible. Is there anything other than TiVOization to justify these statements? Also, can you elaborate on what you mean about 'giving back in kind'? (I suspect this is related with the tit-for-tat reasoning, that you've failed to elaborate on before) The only thing the GPL demands is respect for others' freedoms, as in, "I, the author, respect your freedoms, so you, the licensee, must respect others' freedoms as well". Is this the "in kind" you're talking about? Or are you mistaken about the actual meaning of even GPLv2? -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - 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/