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

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
cc:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	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

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> > 	What Tivo did is *good* in my opinion!
> 
> > Can't you get that through your skull?
> 
> No.  I disagree.  We can agree to disagree on that.

Sorry, no we cannot. You seem to not accept that "in my opinion".

That's not somethign we can disagree on. My opinion is _mine_ to state. 
There's no room for disagreement. It's my opinion, and your "agreement" is 
not optional.

So when I say "I think what Tivo did is good", then you'd better just say, 
"ok, that's your opinion, and I respect you for it".

Otherwise you're a douche-bag and an idiot.

And once you realize that _I_ think that Tivo did is good, you have to 
accept that I think that the GPLv3 is the worse license in my opinion.

So stop blathering about anything else.

Just accept it. Just repeat after me: "Linus thinks that the GPLv3 is a 
bad license, and Linus is not confused".

Don't call me "confused". Don't bother talking about what _you_ think, or 
what the FSF thinks is the "spirit". Don't say that you cannot understand 
it. 

Because if you cannot understand it, the only thing it shows is _your_ 
lack of understanding.

		Linus
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