Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755905AbXFVI77 (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:59:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752136AbXFVI7w (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:59:52 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:56737 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752109AbXFVI7w (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:59:52 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:05:35 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: how about mutual compatibility between Linux's GPLv2 and GPLv3? Message-ID: <20070622100535.0e431149@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 626 Lines: 12 > It's this simple, those who chose the GPLv2 for Linux and their > contributions to it don't want people to create derivative works of their > works that can't be Tivoized. They see this as a feature, and it's the Untrue. Many of us think (and the lawyers are unsure) that it is covered by GPLv2 anyway. Some drivers actually make this clear in their comments about intepretation - 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/