From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262430AbUKQRNW (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:13:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262448AbUKQRNM (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:13:12 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:35557 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262430AbUKQRMw (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:12:52 -0500 Subject: Re: GPL version, "at your option"? From: Alan Cox To: Michael Poole Cc: Charles Cazabon , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <87y8h08mgv.fsf@sanosuke.troilus.org> References: <1100614115.16127.16.camel@ghanima> <20041116144029.GA6740@discworld.dyndns.org> <1100704019.32698.24.camel@localhost.localdomain> <87y8h08mgv.fsf@sanosuke.troilus.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1100707771.419.58.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:09:33 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mer, 2004-11-17 at 16:33, Michael Poole wrote: > I have no argument that restricting it to v2 is potentially harmful, > but allowing distribution under GPL v3 is also potentially harmful > since the terms are not yet known, and later v3plus changes would > restrict the whole work to v3plus. Oh believe me I understand exactly why Linus said "v2 only". The GPL say "similiar license" but Linus doesn't trust Richard. That's fine, I don't trust Richard or Linus 8) If people are going to say "v2 only" they should most definitely make sure they assign Linus or some similar person the right to revisit that decision. Alan