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:The Register: If Linus Snubs New GPL, Is That It for 'Open Source'?
The Register: If Linus Snubs New GPL, Is That It for 'Open Source'?
Feb 8, 2006, 02 :30 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (9123 reads)

(Other stories by Andrew Orlowski)

"Linus Torvalds doesn't want to change the Linux kernel's software license, and he said so again last week. For good measure this time, he threw in some inflammatory remarks.

"'I literally feel,' wrote Torvalds, 'that we do not, as software developers, have the moral right to enforce our rules on hardware manufacturers. We are not crusaders, trying to force people to bow to our superior God...'"

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Linux-Watch: To GPL 3 or Not to GPL 3, That is the Linux Question(Feb 02, 2006)
ZDNet UK: UK Linux Guru Backs GPL 3(Jan 31, 2006)
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NewsForge: Linus Says No to GPLv3(Jan 26, 2006)


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With questions like that as a headline   ...   another author without a clue   
Petem
Feb 8, 2006, 03:02:27
 
 This author know exactly what he is doi ...   Should I Be Afraid, Uncertain, and Doubtful?   
Linux-Is-Blazing-Fast
Feb 8, 2006, 06:27:25
 
The author of this piece, Andrew Orlowsk ...   Andrew Orlowski   
Janne
Feb 8, 2006, 07:18:04
 
I wouldn't get worked up over this g ...   Andrew Orlowski - troll   
DrXym
Feb 8, 2006, 09:38:28
 
if you read this nonsense, you will be l ...   absolut stunningly clueless   
jfbasti
Feb 8, 2006, 10:36:16
 
It's the Register.  Yellow tabloid I ...   It's The Reg   
Simpleton
Feb 8, 2006, 18:29:00
 
The twisted reasoning, blather, and prof ...   Truly a HILARIOUS Article!   
lord vader
Feb 8, 2006, 21:42:53
 
 Yes, the best tabloid journalism money  ...   Re: It's The Reg   
Linux-Is-Blazing-Fast
Feb 9, 2006, 05:40:46
 
Yes, the best tabloid journalism money c ...   Re: Re: It's The Reg   
Hyper L
Feb 9, 2006, 13:15:14
 
 The advertiser *is* the Evil Empire, an ...   Re: Re: Re: It's The Reg   
Linux-Is-Blazing-Fast
Feb 9, 2006, 20:46:31
 
The advertiser *is* the Evil Empire, and ...   Re (4): It's The Reg   
Hyper L
Feb 10, 2006, 12:58:12
 
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