Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2006 23:54 UTC, submitted by sean batten
"Linus Torvalds doesn't want to change the Linux kernel's software license, and he said so again last week. For good measure this time, he threw in some inflammatory remarks. "I literally feel," wrote Torvalds, "that we do not, as software developers, have the moral right to enforce our rules on hardware manufacturers. We are not crusaders, trying to force people to bow to our superior God." Since the crusades were a foreign adventure responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands, that's not the most diplomatic response, and FSF counsel Eben Moglen refused to be drawn into retaliation when we contacted him for comment."
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2005-06-29
It doesn't have to be rewritten. But those using the gpl2 fork would have to rewrite what the 3 forkers write.
Anyway, it's not that big of a deal IMO. Just more licensing crap, get back to the technology!
Actually, I think that's wrong, I think you can version up and down the GPL.
Edited 2006-02-08 02:08