Miles Nordin <car...@ivy.net> wrote:
> >>>>> "bf" == Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> writes:
>
> bf> Perhaps it is better for Linux if it is GPLv2, but probably
> bf> not if it is GPLv3.
>
> That's my understanding: GPLv3 is the one you would need to preserve
> software freedom under deals like NetApp<->Oracle patent pact,
GPLv3 does not give you anything you don't have from CDDL also.
> but GPLv3 is not compatible with Linux because the kernel is GPLv2 but
> stupidly/stubbornly deleted the ``or any later version'' language,
> meaning GPLv3 is not any more Linux-compatible than CDDL.
The GPLv3 is intentionally incompatible with the GPLv2 and this seems to be
indeed a stupud decision......but this is a decision made by Mr. Stallman.
Jörg
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