Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

david
2007-06-20T21:21:30Z

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jun 20, 2007, "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 19/06/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On Jun 18, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>>> In the GPLv3 world, we have already discussed in this thread how you can
>>>> follow the GPLv3 by making the TECHNICALLY INFERIOR choice of using a ROM
>>>> instead of using a flash device.
>>>
>>> Yes. This is one option that doesn't bring any benefits to anyone.
>>> It maintains the status quo for users and the community, but it loses
>>> the ability for the vendor to upgrade, fix or otherwise control the
>>> users. Bad for the vendor.
>
>> Also bad for the user
>
> We already know the vendor doesn't care about the user, so why should
> we take this into account when analyzing the reasoning of the vendor?

no, we don't know this. you attribute the reason for the lockdown to be
anti-user. others view it as being pro-user becouse it lets the user get
functionality that they wouldn't have access to otherwise.

David Lang