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

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Message-ID: <46749AA2.4030608@wolfmountaingroup.com>
Date:	Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:21:22 -0600
From:	"Jeffrey V. Merkey" <jmerkey@...fmountaingroup.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Bron Gondwana <brong@...tmail.fm>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>, david@...g.hm,
	Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

Linus Torvalds wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Bron Gondwana wrote:
>  
>
>>No, I'm arguing that it's not "mere aggregation" - the kernel is useless
>>on that machine unless the BIOS is present or replaced with something
>>else with equivalent functionality.
>>    
>>
>
>That's *not* a valid argument!
>
>  
>
Linus,

Just take a vote and start tagging files and ignore this needless 
diatribe. It is was it is, I seriously doubt you will
get all of Linux moved to GPL3 as a monolith, since you will never get 
concensus. You should fork a GPL3 kernel and let people decide
whether their code goes in or not. If they don't want to move to it, new 
people can contribute new code. Start a 2.8 tree or whatever that is 
GPL3 only.

Jeff
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