Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757571AbXFODe5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:34:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753365AbXFODes (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:34:48 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:53461 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751749AbXFODes (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:34:48 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:34:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Alexandre Oliva cc: Rob Landley , Bernd Paysan , Alan Milnes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706141744.08408.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> <200706141917.58824.rob@landley.net> 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: 697 Lines: 21 On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > Yes. They'd have to give up the ability to update the software, or > pass it on to the user. If they can't do the latter, they could still > do the former. How bad would this be for them, do you know? In other words, you advocate license for technical programs that causes people to make bad technical choices? Yeah, that's real smart. That's a sign of true intellect, isn't it? Wrong. 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/