Yes, sure! I believe that is valuable information! On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Jason Self <[email protected]> wrote:
> There was a recent discussion about the Linux kernel and GPLv3 on a > mailing list and it made me wonder how much stuff is licensed under v2 only > terms. > > So I fed Linux-libre 3.1.4 to FOSSology so I can look for things that > would get in the way of moving to v3. Not that Linus ever would, but > perhaps Linux-libre could... > > Of the 36,944 that make up Linux-libre 3.1.4, 8,910 are GPLv2 only. That's > about 24% being v2 only. I expected more. > > The rest are v2 or later, don't specify a version (and can therefore any > use version of the GPL), or are under a permissive license that would also > be compatible with v3. Is there any benefit to me doing continued research > like identifying who the copyright holders of those files are or anything > else? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk7YLwEACgkQb8syyUdIaWI/9wCfcK5TmZcun1v9mJHpRyxWs1UB > 2W4AoMhLVJtO6oGhcMSESW1mph1cA5sS > =4tMr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
