On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:39:07AM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > Here's an idea that just occurred to me, after all the discussions > about motivations, tit-for-tat, authors' wishes and all. > > If GPLv3 were to have a clause that permitted combination/linking with > code under GPLv2, this wouldn't be enough for GPLv3 projects to use > Linux code, and it wouldn't be enough for Linux code to use GPLv3 > projects. That's because GPLv2 would still demand all code to be > licensed under GPLv2, and GPLv3 wouldn't permit this. > > However, if GPLv3 had a permission to combine/link with code under > GPLv2, *and* Linux (and any other projects interested in mutual > compatibility) introduced an additional permission to combine/link > with code under GPLv3 (or even GPLv3+, constrained by some condition > if you will), then: > > - the kernel Linux could use code from GPLv3 projects
... and inherit GPLv3 additional restrictions. No. > - GPLv3 projects could use code from Linux Oh, rapture! How could one object against such a glorious outcome? > - each copyright holder would still get to enforce the terms s/he > chose for his/her own code ... except for that pesky "no added restrictions" part, but hey, who cares? > If you were to permit compatibility with GPLv3+ (rather than GPLv3), > would you constrain it? Would something like: > > as long as the later version grants each licensee the same > permissions as GPLv2, except for constraining permissions that would > enable one licensee to deny other licensees the exercise of the > permissions granted by both licenses ... because it's For The Benefit Of User Freedoms!!! No. Permission denied. And I don't know of any suckers who would buy that and hadn't been already hooked by FSF peddlers already. If somebody wants to dual-license their code, they can do it just fine. If somebody wants to dual-license *others* code, they can go and play with themselves until they reach RMS-level clarity of vision. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/