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

david
2007-06-17T17:30:23Z

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007, Gabor Czigola wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I didn't follow the whole thread from the beginning, but I see that
> there are pros and cons for both versions of GPL.
>
> I wonder why the linux kernel development community couldn't propose
> an own GPL draft (say v2.2) that is "as free as v2" and that includes
> some ideas (from v3) that are considered as good (free, innovative, in
> the spirit of whatever etc.) by the majority of the kernel developers.
>
> I guess to have an own version of the GPL license could also help to
> resolve (future) dual-licensing problems.

well, for one thing creating a kernel-only license would immediatly make
the kernel incompatible with all the GPLv2 code that's around.

that wouldn't be a win for anyone except people who want to lill linux.

David Lang