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

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Message-ID: <a781481a0706131913s518ed1f1t47685bc7d9cb807f@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:43:26 +0530
From:	"Satyam Sharma" <satyam.sharma@...il.com>
To:	"Jörn Engel" <joern@...fs.org>
Cc:	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Alexandre Oliva" <aoliva@...hat.com>, "Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>,
	"debian developer" <debiandev@...il.com>,
	"david@...g.hm" <david@...g.hm>,
	"Tarkan Erimer" <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

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On 6/14/07, Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 June 2007 14:33:07 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> >
> > The beauty of the GPLv2 is exactly that it's a "tit-for-tat" license, and
> > you can use it without having to drink the kool-aid.
>
> One could even add that "tit-for-tat" appears to be the best strategy
> in game theory for continuous runs of the prisoners dilemma.

Tit-for-tat is the best *deterministic* strategy when playing
iterated prisoner's dilemma. But note that "deterministic" and
"rational" are not adjectives that go well with "humans", and
most real-world (social) situations are noisy environments --
miscommunication and misunderstandings are the usual noise.
A double-D noise perceived by any player would throw a
tit-for-tat-playing couple into a perennial spiral of D's, for example,
which is clearly not a Pareto-efficient solution for either.

> At times I
> wonder why game theory isn't taught in schools yet - it might shorten
> discussions like these.

Yes, and no.

Yes - for teaching game theory (and its social relevance) in schools;
and add behavioral economics to this list :-)

No - it doesn't shorten discussions, however. And it shouldn't either.
Human / social situations are complex, Jörn; tit-for-tat can win
computer contests, for example, but it's not a behaviour one person
would find as entirely agreeable in another.

Satyam
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