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

Dumitru Ciobarcianu
2006-10-02T09:33:17Z

On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 01:55 -0700, Marc Perkel wrote:
> 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.

Common misconception. As countless times before stated, there is no "or
later" clause in the licence itself.

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Cioby