Linux guru backs new GNU licence May 12, 2007, 01 :00 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (6932 reads) (Other stories by Cliff Saran)
"Cox was once regarded as the Linux number two behind Linus Torvalds because of his work maintaining the Linux kernel, and he is still a major force in the open source community. But whereas Torvalds has openly criticised GPL 3.0, and said he will not be signing up to the new licence, Cox is fully behind it."