Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 15th Jun 2007 22:17 UTC, submitted by prymitive
A lengthy debate that began with a suggestion to dual license the Linux kernel under the GPLv2 and the GPLv3 continues on the Linux Kernel Mailing List. Throughout the ongoing thread Linux creator Linus Torvalds has spoken out on the GPLv2, the upcoming GPLv3, the BSD license, Tivo, the Free Software Foundation, and much more. During the discussion, he was asked we he chose the GPLv2 over the BSD license when he's obviously not a big fan of the FSF.
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The disagreement isn't about the entire GPLv3. Just the part that says that if you distribute a piece of hardware designed so that it's capable of running a GPLv3 derived software and ship such software with the device then you must provide to the recipient the tools necessary to make the device run other derivatives.
He equates this device with any hardware capable of storing a copy of a GPL software, f.ex. a CD-ROM. And the GPL doesn't require distributors to use CD-RW to ship GPL-code. Nor should it require them to use a specific CPU.
I'm not sure if I agree with him. But he does have a point. The FSF could argue that the problem isn't what hardware is used, but what firmware is used. I think Linus would say that the firmware is just an aggregate. But maybe he could be persuaded on that front.