Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756492AbXFNV2q (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:28:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752191AbXFNV2i (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:28:38 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:59660 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751522AbXFNV2h (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:28:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alexandre Oliva 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 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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> 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: 1232 Lines: 37 On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 14, 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > No. I'm not stupid. > > > > The GPLv3 explicitly allows removing additional permissions. > > So what? You just refrain from accepting contributions that attempt > to remove them, and you'll keep TiVO happy. You really aren't thinking, are you? It's not about keeping Tivo happy. It's about keeping *me* happy. That's my primary (only) motivation for a license. And let's go back to why I selected the GPLv2 in the first place, shall we? I want to be able to use other peoples improvements. If they release improved versions of the software I started, I want to be able to merge those improvements if I want to. Your *IDIOTIC* suggestion is explicitly against the whole POINT! By saying that I shouldn't accept contributions like that, you just INVALIDATED the whole point of the license in the first place! Can you really not see that? Linus - 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/