Maybe it's time to fork the GPL License - create the Linux license?

Marc Perkel
2006-10-02T08:55:45Z

Just a thought. Suppose we forked the GPL2 license and created the Linux
license? (Or some better name) It's kind of clear the Stallman has his
own ajenda and that it's not compatible with the Linux model. So - lets
fork it an start a new one.

The idea of the new license is as follows. It would be backwards
compatible with GPL2. It's would eliminate the "or later" clause because
we have already seen the potential for abuse there. How can one agree to
future licenses without knowing what they are going to be? The other
feature is that the license is only modified to provide legal
clarification or to deal with future issues that occur as a result of
new technology or circumstances that we don't know about yet. If the
licenses is modified then copyright holders would then have to
explicitly declare that they accept the modifications by switching to
the new terms.

Anyhow - I'm thinking that Richard Stallman might be more of a liability
to the GPL movement and that if something can't be worked out with GPLx
then maybe it's time to just fork the license and come up with a new
system that is crazy leader proof.

Just suggesting this as an alternative if the FSF folks insist on a
political ajenda.