linux-kernel - Re: Instead of GPL License - Why not LKL? (Linux Kernel License)

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:34:09 -0300
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"Marc Perkel" <mperkel@...oo.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Instead of GPL License - Why not LKL? (Linux Kernel License)

On 6/15/07, Marc Perkel <mperkel@...oo.com> wrote:
> I've been somewhat following the GPL2 vs. GPL3 debate
> and the problem is that it leads to confusion. GPL3 is
> nothing like GPL2 and the GPLx leads people to believe
> that GPL3 is just GPL3 improved.
>
> So - just throwing out the idea that if Linus is
> unhappy with GPL3 that Linux lose the GPLx license and
> call it the Linux Kernel License or LKL for short. So
> LKL could equal GPL2.

It seems it would require agreement by all copyright holders, much
like the v2->v3 transition would do. If it makes the 2->3 transition
unfeasible, the same may apply here.

-- 
Glauber de Oliveira Costa.
"Free as in Freedom"
http://glommer.net

"The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act."
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