Greg KH wrote:
> The GPLv2 is all about distribution, not use cases, so yes, this is the
> case and is perfictly legal with GPLv2 (even the FSF explicitly told
> Tivo that what they were doing was legal and acceptable.)
>
Well legal, maybe, ie acceptable under the terms.

> So, what is the problem here?  The kernel is not going to change
> licenses any time soon, so I don't understand your objections.
> 
I think the point is that people who oppose this kind of thing (yes,
including me) would rather _our_ contributions were under GPLv3. Yet at the
moment, we effectively have no choice.

Or is it `acceptable' for me to put GPLv3 on, say, an ebuild I wrote from
scratch?

(NB this is the ebuild, not the software packaged.)


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