Re:Antique BeOS Content by Scot Hacker (2011)
by Squithrilve on Monday January 15, 2018 @07:29AM
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> ...the fact that the Linux kernel is licensed under GPLv2 or later.
Actually Linux is licenced only under GPLv2:
> The only one of any note that I'd like to point out directly is the
clarification in the COPYING file, making it clear that it's only _that_
particular version of the GPL that is valid for the kernel.
> ...
> Why? There's been some discussions of a GPL v3 which would limit licensing
to certain "well-behaved" parties, and I'm not sure I'd agree with such
restrictions - and the GPL itself allows for "any version" so I wanted to
make this part unambigious as far as my personal code is concerned.
Actually Linux is licenced only under GPLv2:
> The only one of any note that I'd like to point out directly is the clarification in the COPYING file, making it clear that it's only _that_ particular version of the GPL that is valid for the kernel.
> ...
> Why? There's been some discussions of a GPL v3 which would limit licensing to certain "well-behaved" parties, and I'm not sure I'd agree with such restrictions - and the GPL itself allows for "any version" so I wanted to make this part unambigious as far as my personal code is concerned.
Source: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0009.1/0096.html