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

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Message-ID: <467ADC8A.5080401@iders.ca>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:16:10 -0500
From:	Andrew McKay <amckay@...rs.ca>
To:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
CC:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>,
	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

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 21, 2007, Andrew McKay <amckay@...rs.ca> wrote:
> 
>> A balance of freedom to the licensee and the licenser.  It's my
>> opinion that GPLv3 potentially shifts the balance too far to the
>> licensee.
> 
> It's more of a balance of freedom between licensee and licensee,
> actually.  It's a lot about making sure no one can acquire a
> privileged position, such that every licensee plays under the same
> rules.  (The copyright holder is not *acquiring* a privileged
> position, copyright law had already granted him/her that position.)
> 

I do see what you're saying here.  But it does take the away the ability of a 
licensee to protect themselves from another malicious licensee.  If the ultimate 
goal of the Free Software community is to get source code out to the public, I 
think that was captured in GPLv2.  GPLv3 oversteps its bounds.

Anyways I think this topic has been quite covered.

Andrew
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