"We've been talking, meeting, and arguing over GPL 3 for nearly two years. Recently, the second draft of the long-awaited rewrite of the popular free-software license arrived. But Linus Torvalds wasn't happy with the first draft, and nothing has been modified in the second draft to make him change his mind."
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Member since:2005-12-02
"Of course not. FSF will switch to it, which means that GNU will use it. Linus not using it in Linux has an impact but not enough to kill it."
How would this affect Linux actually? Linux is dependent on the GNU toolchain. Would the kernel be able to remain GPLv2 if the tools it requires are GPLv3? Honest question, I don't have a clue.
Member since:2006-02-15
How would this affect Linux actually? Linux is dependent on the GNU toolchain. Would the kernel be able to remain GPLv2 if the tools it requires are GPLv3? Honest question, I don't have a clue.
It wouldn't at all. Using the toolchain doesn't require that code produced by the toolchain be covered under the same license -- or the BSD guys would have ressurected the BSD toolchain instead of using the GNU one.
So yes, the kernel could remain under GPLv2.
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2006-02-15
Of course not. FSF will switch to it, which means that GNU will use it. Linus not using it in Linux has an impact but not enough to kill it.