Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Jan 2008 23:18 UTC
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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2005-07-06
Google for Mr Torvalds "An Ode to GPLv2". You'll see that he is very happy with the GPLv2 and what it does and doesn't allow. I see no indication that that Linus has any wish of taking Linux either BSD or Public Domain even if he could. I'd be interested to see how you came to your conclusion.
Personally I'm sorely tempted to mod you down for your stupid slashdot-like "I bet everybody will mod me down" bit at the end (however I won't). You're argument can stand or fall on its own. There is no need for that sort of childish reveres psycology.