Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755551AbXFOGrt (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:47:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752412AbXFOGrk (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:47:40 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.177]:8023 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751635AbXFOGrk (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:47:40 -0400 Message-ID: <11f674920706142347t297dc6e7w82486c9787195f08@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:47:38 -0700 From: "Kevin Bowling" To: "Glauber de Oliveira Costa" Subject: Re: Instead of GPL License - Why not LKL? (Linux Kernel License) Cc: "Marc Perkel" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <5d6222a80706142334m9f39383v20aff191f4501c50@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070615062152.4369.qmail@web52502.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <5d6222a80706142334m9f39383v20aff191f4501c50@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1209 Lines: 25 On 6/14/07, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote: > On 6/15/07, Marc Perkel wrote: > > I've been somewhat following the GPL2 vs. GPL3 debate > > and the problem is that it leads to confusion. GPL3 is > > nothing like GPL2 and the GPLx leads people to believe > > that GPL3 is just GPL3 improved. > > > > So - just throwing out the idea that if Linus is > > unhappy with GPL3 that Linux lose the GPLx license and > > call it the Linux Kernel License or LKL for short. So > > LKL could equal GPL2. > > It seems it would require agreement by all copyright holders, much > like the v2->v3 transition would do. If it makes the 2->3 transition > unfeasible, the same may apply here. If I'm not mistaken, the OP is suggesting that the name simply be changed from GPL to LKL to avoid confusion of GPL2 vs GPL3. Same verbiage, different name. If these FSF loonies keep cutting into our corner of pragmatism, I am inclined to agree :-). - 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/