From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932102AbWATTL6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:11:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932069AbWATTLt (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:11:49 -0500 Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:42682 "EHLO hera.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932093AbWATTLG (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:11:06 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:11:03 -0800 Organization: OSDL Message-ID: <20060120111103.2ee5b531@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: build.pdx.osdl.net 1137784263 11997 10.8.0.74 (20 Jan 2006 19:11:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@osdl.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:11:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.100 (GTK+ 2.6.10; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:49:44 -0700 "Jeff V. Merkey" wrote: > Cudos to Stallman, The patent retaliation clause is exactly what has > been missing. The inclusion of custom binaries was a little vague, but > the net of it is that the end user can combine the separate parts, and > have the freedom to do so given the GPL3 terms. Any concensus on > whether Linux will move to GPL3? No consensus exists, and it would require agreement from all the copyright holders. -- Stephen Hemminger OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger