Either we believe in free software, or we don't. Either we get the
HURD finished, or we lose.
The situation is very near to being that simple. The HURD (or its
monolithic alternative) must be completed.
Linux is free software, just like the Hurd, or kFreeBSD. Quite a
drastic thing
True. We'd always have what we have. But that doesn't mean we'll ever get more.
Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin
Original Message
From: a...@gnu.org
Sent: Thu, Jun 7, 2012 05:43 PM
To: Rick C. Hodgin foxmuldrs...@yahoo.com
CC: jema...@gnu.org; w...@gnupg.org;
On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 04:34:28PM -0400, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
Linux is GPLv2, and Linus Torvalds and the Linux maintainers are strongly
against v3.
GPLv2 is behind a serious deficiency in copyleft protection with regards
to TiVo-ization, and hardware makers are already creating
