Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf”
by josteink on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:48AM
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> That is the case of Linus Torvalds not using the standard "or later" clause. He has his (bad) reasons.
Linus does not think GPLv3 is a good or fitting license for the Linux-kernel and that it changes too much things to be considered a new version of the same license as GPLv2.
So he refuses to add the “or later” backdoor which would effectively relicense “his” kernel with a license he does not approve of.
Linus does not think GPLv3 is a good or fitting license for the Linux-kernel and that it changes too much things to be considered a new version of the same license as GPLv2.
So he refuses to add the “or later” backdoor which would effectively relicense “his” kernel with a license he does not approve of.
Is that not his right?