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Re:The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related Issues by groovy2shoes on Friday February 26, 2016 @10:18PM (#11185932)
> ...why hasn't this been accounted for in a new version of GPL?

According to the article, it has been addressed in GPLv3.

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Re:The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related Issues by m_mueller on Friday February 26, 2016 @11:51PM (#11186116)
.. which Torwalds AFAIK opposes, so no Linux kernel on GPLv3.
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Re:The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related Issues by dragonwriter on Saturday February 27, 2016 @12:19AM (#11186180)
Torvalds couldn't move the kernel to GPLv3 if he wanted to. Every contribution under v2 without the "or later" clause would have to be relicensed by the contributor, first.
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