Re: how about mutual compatibility between Linux's GPLv2 and GPLv3?

From: Alan Cox
Date: Fri Jun 22 2007 - 05:00:00 EST


> It's this simple, those who chose the GPLv2 for Linux and their
> contributions to it don't want people to create derivative works of their
> works that can't be Tivoized. They see this as a feature, and it's the

Untrue. Many of us think (and the lawyers are unsure) that it is covered
by GPLv2 anyway. Some drivers actually make this clear in their comments
about intepretation
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