[ILUG] Novell A Linux Leader? GPL 3 and

[Colm MacCarthaigh]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 09:45:15AM +0000, Paul O'Malley wrote:
> My understanding is as follows. The linux kernel was released under GPL 
> V2, not GPL V2 or later, that in Linus's mind means he can't go to GPL V3.

It would be impossible to re-license much of the existing code as v3,
there are simply too many authors involved, however it would be trivial
for Linus to re-license all of his parts, and all *future*
contributions. So the kernel was a whole would effectively become v3
licensed - by virtue of quickly becoming functionless without those
parts.

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Colm MacCárthaigh                        Public Key: colm+pgp at stdlib.net