Re: GPL V3 and Linux

[Patrick McLean]

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 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.

I don't think the kernel is going to move to v3, it's licensed 
specifically as v2, this is from the top of COPYING:

>  Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel
>  is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not
>  v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.

Also, given that several of the copyright holders in the kernel are 
dead, I don't think we will be able to obtain permission.

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