Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 17, 2007, "Gabor Czigola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder why the linux kernel development community couldn't propose > > an own GPL draft (say v2.2) that is "as free as v2" and that includes > > some ideas (from v3) that are considered as good (free, innovative, in > > the spirit of whatever etc.) by the majority of the kernel developers. > > For one, because the text of the GPL is copyrighted by the FSF, and > licensed without permission for modification. And that's as it should > be, you don't want others to modify the terms of the license you chose > for your code, do you?
Wow! Under what circumstances would it be possible to receive permission for modification? Thanks for being GPL! -- Al - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
