Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux operating system, still has no plans to license the Linux kernel under version three of the GNU GPL anytime soon. Torvalds, a vocal critic of GPL v3 while it was being drafted, prefers GPL v2, he told Jim Zemlin, the executive director of the Linux Foundation, Jan. 8 in the first in a series of podcasts titled 'Open Voices', which will feature the industry's top open source and Linux leaders. Torvalds also said Linux was the project that made the split clear between the religious belief in freedom advocated by the Free Software Foundation and the technical superiority that open source and Linux have always been about.
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Oh, then DRM is no real-world problem? What TIVO does with the Linux kernel (-> making it impossible to run modified kernels) is not real-world? The SCO lawsuit is not real-world?
I'm sorry, but Linus seems to have a split personality. When it comes to drivers, he insists on free software principles. OTOH patent threats don't matter to him and neither does. http://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/2003042401126OSKNLL
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Oh, then DRM is no real-world problem?
Nope, not under Linux.
What TIVO does with the Linux kernel (-> making it impossible to run modified kernels) is not real-world?
That's their choice.
The SCO lawsuit is not real-world?
What does have anything to do with GPL2 vs GPL3 anyway?
When it comes to drivers, he insists on free software principles.
Actually no. He is the one who insists people should be allowed to use proprietary drivers et al. He just wants everything to work, even if you have to use something proprietary. That's exactly why I am saying he is practical: he thinks about what's best and most practical for the end-user.
OTOH patent threats don't matter to him
Again, what has that to do with anything? Of course patent threats matter to him, how could they not? If Linux did infringe on some patent then it is very much his concern!
I wonder where have you gotten your weird ideas from.
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Torvalds also said Linux was the project that made the split clear between the religious belief in freedom advocated by the Free Software Foundation and the technical superiority that open source and Linux have always been about.
I am all for Linus's beliefs, he is a very practical guy and always thinks about the real-world solutions instead of pursuing FSF's beliefs. Good thing