On 10/17/06, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:08:56AM +0530, Jinesh K J wrote: > On 10/15/06, Jakko Pastuchio <jakkop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >hi all, > > > >can someone please explain me what's going to change in GPLv3 ? > http://trends.newsforge.com/trends/06/08/02/2210213.shtml?tid=147 > > >why do most of kernel developers resent it ? > no idea! may be they are not very good in understanding licenses. see > http://lwn.net/Articles/200422/ Um, yeah, sure, we don't know anything about licenses, despite working with them for years, interacting with lawyers, and convincing companies about different aspects of the stuff. If you believe that, then why would you ever trust any of us for anything as "simple" as doing the code portion of the kernel...
I trust kernel developers as far as the kernel development is concerned - we have a fair game. The very essence of GPL is violated by the process of 'Tivoization' - this can never be justified. Can you imagine a situation in which you will be able to use your computer only by the pre-compiled linux kernel provided by intel or AMD or so... It would be terrible - at least for me.
bleah.
Please forgive and correct me if you think I'm wrong. Regards, Jinesh. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
