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:Linux Official, Microsoft Give Thumbs-Down to GPLv3
Linux Official, Microsoft Give Thumbs-Down to GPLv3
Jul 6, 2007, 12 :45 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (8618 reads)

(Other stories by Paul Krill)

"The new GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 is not a fit for Linux because switching would require permission from the kernel's thousands of de facto owners, a maintainer of the SCSI portion of the kernel said on Thursday. Also, Microsoft released a statement that the company has no GPLv3 obligations.

"Although the earlier GPLv2 has been used with Linux, GPLv3, released by the Free Software Foundation June 29, presents problems, according to James Bottomley, gatekeeper of the Linux Kernel SCSI Maintainership, which governs disk storage access in the kernel..."

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...because that's only the kernel.It ...   I doubt it matters too much...   
cjm
Jul 6, 2007, 13:35:18
 
Contacting Kernel coders is a two edged  ...   Contacting Kernel Coders is a Two Edged Sword.   
anon
Jul 6, 2007, 13:56:56
 
From the article:"Microsoft has decided  ...   Ah GPL3 succeeds!   
Roger Moore
Jul 6, 2007, 15:26:41
 
>> Yes, well, there is nothing stopping  ...   Re: Contacting Kernel Coders is a Two Edged Sword.   
Jose
Jul 6, 2007, 15:48:57
 
Is it legal for Microsoft to add conditi ...   Re: Ah GPL3 succeeds!   
Fred Williams
Jul 6, 2007, 22:12:14
 
> From the article:> "Microsoft has deci ...   Re: Ah GPL3 succeeds!   
blackhole
Jul 7, 2007, 06:48:13
 
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