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

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Message-Id: <1182359284.6239.48.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:08:04 +0800
From:	Tim Post <tim.post@...kinetics.net>
To:	Andrew McKay <amckay@...rs.ca>
Cc:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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 Wed, 2007-06-20 at 11:27 -0500, Andrew McKay wrote:

> I'm not going to address whether GPLv3 changed the spirit of GPLv2, but saying 
> that licensing the Linux Kernel under GPLv3 will result in more contributions is 
> absolute BS.

Is there a system in place that sort of keeps track? Argument aside, I'm
really interested to see how adoption in devices encourages
contributions (and what kinds of contributions it attracts). Anyone
would be I guess.

How do you guys keep up with it? My head almost blows up just thinking
about it given the traffic of just _this_ list.

TIA :)
--Tim



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