On Thu, 24 Jul 2008, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Todd Walton wrote: > > I read this article because it said "DTrace", and what I got was the > > psychologizing. What do you guys think of this? The blogger says, > > "Why aren't the Linux people porting DTrace?". I thought the reason > > was licensing issues. Legal incompatibility. He didn't say anything > > about that, but rather suggested that kernel developers: > > Well, I find the Linux "License Whiners" particularly annoying because > Linus went out of his way to choose the GPL (which chooses to be > incompatible with certain things itself) and then modified the GPL such > that it is even incompatible with later GPL's.
Beg pardon? Linus modified the GPL? I'm under the impression that the Linux kernel is licensed under GPLv2. I'm not aware of any Linux-specific 'fork' of the GPL. -Deke -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
