Re: GPLv3 Position Statement

Jeff Garzik
2006-09-22T20:42:46Z

James Bottomley wrote:
> Although this white paper was discussed amongst the full group of kernel
> developers who participated in the informal poll, as you can expect from
> Linux Kernel Developers, there was a wide crossection of opinion. This
> document is really only for discussion, and represents only the views of
> the people listed as authors (not the full voting pool).

> ----------
>
> The Dangers and Problems with GPLv3
>
>
> James E.J. Bottomley Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> Thomas Gleixner Christoph Hellwig Dave Jones
> Greg Kroah-Hartman Tony Luck Andrew Morton
> Trond Myklebust David Woodhouse

To the slashdot, LWN, etc. crowd: please re-read the first paragraph,
quoted above.

The whitepaper only represents the views of the people listed as authors.

That is distinct from the people who voted against GPL v3 in its current
form (for some or even none of the whitepaper-listed reasons).

Jeff