____/ Peter Köhlmann on Saturday 27 October 2007 00:06 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ chrisv on Friday 26 October 2007 21:10 : \____
>>
>>> Mark Kent wrote:
>>>
>>>>Peter Köhlmann <peter.koehlmann@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>
>>>>> Fine. I will *never*
>>>>> Nothing I write will *ever* be released under a "GPL2 or later" clause.
>>>>> Not ever
>>>>
>>>>Fine - walk with the dinosaurs!
>>>
>>> Like Linus?
>>
>> Linus needs to wake up too.
>>
>
> Certainly. After all, the GPL3-cult is right. Even when its wrong
It's not about DRM or TiVo. Linus, by his own admission, concentrates on
technical things and is not entirely aware of the 'politics' outside it all.
The matter of fact that without the GPLv3's protection (e.g. against patents),
the kernel will be hurt and subverted. Hasn't he already seen the
unsubstantiated claims coming from Microsoft and accusing the kernel
of 'infringing'?
He called security expert "insane" a couple of weeks ago, but does he care
enough to know that the whole system around him was made "insane" to knock him
out of the market? FWIW, Alax Cox appears to be supporting GPLv3.
--
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