linux-kernel - Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

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Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:05:31 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>
Cc:	"david@...g.hm" <david@...g.hm>,
	Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 04:25:55PM +0530, debian developer wrote:
>  On 6/10/07, david@...g.hm <david@...g.hm> wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Tarkan Erimer wrote:
> >
> > >> >  And maybe another questions should be : How long a copyright owner 
> > can
> > >> >  hold the copyright, if died or lost for sometime ? if died, the
> > >> >  copyright still should be valid or not ? If lost, what the law orders 
> > at
> > >> >  this point for copyright holding ?
> > >>
> > >>  I believe that in the US it's life + 90 years.
> > >>
> > >>  David Lang
> > > Hmm... Really,it is damn too much time to wait! It's really better idea 
> > to
> > > replace the code of this person as said before instead of waiting such  
> > 90+
> > > years!
> >
> > exactly, however as others are pointing out, there are a lot of active
> > developers who do not agree with some of the key points of the GPLv3
> > (including Linus), so until you convince them that the GPLv3 is better it
> 
>  Last heard, Linus was quite impressed with the toned down version of
>  the final draft of GPLv3. I think Linus, and other major developers
>  should make their stand on this issue clear so that the kernel
>  community can discuss the future steps.

"future steps"?  Hah.

My code is going to stay GPLv2 as the v3 license is horrible for kernel
code for all of the reasons I have said in the past, plus a few more
(what, I can make an "industrial" product but not a commercial one?
That's horrible...)

thanks,

greg k-h
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