From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1424234AbWKPQDl (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:03:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1424235AbWKPQDk (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:03:40 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.192.82]:26501 "EHLO rwcrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1424234AbWKPQDk (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:03:40 -0500 Message-ID: <455C9C2C.6000703@wolfmountaingroup.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:13:16 -0700 From: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050513 Fedora/1.7.8-2 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lennart Sorensen CC: linux-kernel Subject: Re: When is the kernel moving to GPLv3? (probably feeding a troll :) References: <455C984C.7080308@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20061116155927.GD8238@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20061116155927.GD8238@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Lennart Sorensen wrote: >The "consensus" seems to be: The kernel is currently GPLv2 (and nothing >else) and changing that is almost an imposible task, and the majority of >the major active contributers also don't seem interested in considering >the GPLv3 in its current form. It really seems to be that simple. > >Some people claim Novell's "Deal" isn't even permitted under the GPLv2, >or that the "Deal" has no meaning or purpose at all. > > > There exists sufficient precedence and case law to assert this position as accurate. It would take a patent infringement case where GPL code was being distributed to establish it as a matter of law. I can guarantee Novell and M$ will avoid any such suit for that very reason. It may all be moot and not really matter, other than for FUD factor by Novell/M$. Jeff >-- >Len Sorensen > > >