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Message-ID: <17692.53185.564741.502063@samba.org> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:48:17 +1000 From: tridge@...ba.org To: torvalds@...l.org Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement Linus, > Quite frankly, if the FSF ever relicenses any of their projects to be > "GPLv3 or later", I will hope that everybody immediately forks, and > creates a GPLv2-only copy (and yes, you have to do it immediately, or > you're screwed forever). That way the people involved can all vote with > their feet. I do hope your either joking about this, or that you would consult with the major contributors to the project before doing this. In past postings you have expressed strong support for "authors rights", which includes the idea of not using someones code if they don't want you to use it, even if it might be legal to do so. I'm also a strong proponent of "authors rights", and I would consider it very nasty if someone took one of my projects and decided to fork it to be GPLv2 only, deliberately going against my intention. They might have a legal right to do so but it would clearly be against my wishes. I'm not even 100% certain it would be legal. The "any later version" words I have put on all my projects are there quite deliberately. Cheers, Tridge - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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