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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Member since:2005-07-06
No I stand by my statement. When compared to the wholesale slaughter of one nations civilians by the armed forces of another nation, then discussing the details of Microsoft's latest EULA or the pros and cons of GPL2 vs GPL3 vs BSD is trivial.
Not that these things are necessarily trivial in and of themselves, but let's try to keep some perspective. Not being able to play your music files on your laptop is not as bad as watching all the women in your town raped.
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2005-07-06
something as trivial as software
I haven't read what you respond to, but trivial? Software runs almost any infrastructure our civilization builds on. In no way is it trivial. If we don't have a democratic control over our software our civilization will once again lose control to a small owner class.