Re: GPL V3 and Linux

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:49:44 -0700
"Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cudos to Stallman, The patent retaliation clause is exactly what has 
> been missing.  The inclusion of custom binaries was a little vague, but
> the net of it is that the end user can combine the separate parts, and 
> have the freedom to do so given the GPL3 terms.  Any concensus on 
> whether Linux will move to GPL3?   

No consensus exists, and it would require agreement from all the copyright
holders.

-- 
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>
OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger
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