Ciaran O'Riordan wrote:
>AJ McKee <aj.mckee at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>Secondly whats you take on GPL 3 and Linus' take on it. BTW this all
>>comes to light after reading
>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/06/torvalds_gpl_analysis/>>>>>>I don't understand what's annoying Linus.
>>>Hi,
I think it is a lot simpler than that.
My understanding is as follows. The linux kernel was released under GPL
V2, not GPL V2 or later, that in Linus's mind means he can't go to GPL V3.
He made reference to this way before v3 was a topic of conversation:
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0009.1/0096.html
Regards,
Paul
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