>> Assertion without proof.  
>Likewise your argument as well, but actual data is nearly impossible to 
>obtain until after the fact, so let's continue with  our current working 
>theory.

Your working theory.  Not "our" working theory.

My working theory is "alienating 30% of the current community;
little or no influx of new people.

>> Who would this bring to our community?
>>   
>The entire GNU community for one.

Sorry, which community is that?  There is no such thing.  Do
you mean the FSF?

>We already bring in GPLv2 code.  So we must therefore limit this 
>discussion to the kernel where I expect contributions to remain 
>relatively low away. 

No; we need to limit it to much of the core OS: the kernel *and*
libraries.

>Yes!  So what's holding you up?  ;-)

So, what' sthe rush about the license change?  Do you want to
be on stage when Richard Stallman announces GPLv3?

>Welcome to the world of open development.  People will take our code.  
>That's good.  In fact, it's happening already.  Apple's XCode 
>(http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/xcode.html) is a kick-ass front-end 
>for their version of DTrace.  I don't see them contributing that back to 
>OpenSolaris.....

No, that's just fine; but they can already do that.  But they can't
publish the results without also allowing us to take the modification
back; any dual license situation allows for just that.  It adds needless
complexity and needless risk of irreversible forking.

And for what, a few minutes of PR?

Casper
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