News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Linux Kernel, CDDL and Related Issues. Parent comment

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.
[ Parent | on HN ]
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]