Overhaul of Linux License Could Have Broad Impact

[Tim Writer]

Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org> writes:

> BTW, nobody is forcing anyone to use the new license. You can always
> explicitly state in your code that you are licensing your work under Release
> 2 of the GPL, which will never go away. There's not even any guarantee that
> the Linux kernel will switch to the new version until the maintainers
> explicitly say so.

That's a good point. The COPYING file from the Linux kernel (2.6.11) states:

    Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the
    kernel is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie
    v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise
    stated.

This is in contrast to a lot of other free software which often says
something like GPLv2 or later.

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