Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux | From | Anders Melchiorsen <> | Date | 20 Dec 1998 01:14:11 +0100 |
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Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> writes:
> It is probably true that as a practical matter, Linux can't be switched > to a different license, but your claim isn't true in general.
Isn't the following paragraph usually included in GPL'ed stuff?
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
If so, one would "just" have to convince FSF to change the license and produce a version 3 of it and all GPL'ed programs would follow. I think.
-- Regards, Anders (address is valid)
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