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
While it doesn't "belong to him alone" he has the ultimate word on what code is accepted into the official kernel. If Linux says no to GPLv3 code no such code will go into the official kernel. "
That's true and that's how it should be - Linus' opinion rightfully carries tremendous weight. But that wasn't what I argued. I argued that Linus cannot change the kernel license all by himself - or at least not without rewriting all of the code to which the original authors hold the copyright.
But apparently stating this rubs people the wrong way and causes relentless downmodding shrugs