Re:“Tivoization” and Your Right to Install Under Copyleft
by michaelmrose on Saturday July 24, 2021 @01:25AM
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Linus isn't much qualified on any other topic that software development. For example what he describes as his "take" on GPL v2 and its purpose is at odds with what the people that actually wrote it have written and even a basic reading of the text.
What he is mistating is he liked the fact that you could for practical purposes ignore much of the idealogy that a) he has never cared for and b) has always clearly underpinned both v2 and v3 of the GPL license.
Pretending otherwise is only not a lie because charitably he doesn't know what he is talking about or isn't expressing himself very well.
If you want a useful opinion on law ask a lawyer not a programmer. Linus is not only unqualified he doesn't know he is unqualified.
What he is mistating is he liked the fact that you could for practical purposes ignore much of the idealogy that a) he has never cared for and b) has always clearly underpinned both v2 and v3 of the GPL license.
Pretending otherwise is only not a lie because charitably he doesn't know what he is talking about or isn't expressing himself very well.
If you want a useful opinion on law ask a lawyer not a programmer. Linus is not only unqualified he doesn't know he is unqualified.