Am Montag 18 Juni 2007 23:18 schrieb Alexandre Oliva: > On Jun 18, 2007, Hans-Jürgen Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Vendor would be entitled to the benefit of the doubt as to the > >> motivations in this case, so it would likely be unenforceable anyway. > > > Right. If GPL v3 comes out, there'll probably be a new task for > > hardware development engineers: How to find excuses for hardware that > > prevents software modifications and how to conceal the true intent. > > Yup. And then GPLv4 will have to plug whatever holes they find to > disrespect users' freedoms. That's how I expect the game to be > played. >
If you were right and it turned out that way, the whole GPL would become so ridiculous that it won't have any of its intended effects. GPLv17 would contain so many #ifdefs that it'll simply not be readable or understandable anymore. As far as the kernel is concerned, I expect the game's played by simply keeping GPLv2. And I like it that way. Hans - 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/
