Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:29:14 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Bernd Paysan wrote: > > Ah no, it's their fault. The GPLv2 always was clear that there will be some > future releases of the GPL, and that you should keep "upgrading" possible.
No. It is clear that you have the *option* of keep upgrading, but it is also equally clear that Linux has always decided *not* to exercise that option, exactly because I liked the GPLv2, not some "future upgrade".
I decided that long before I saw the GPLv3.
And I'm surprised by people who wonder why I did that.
I'm _intelligent_, dammit. That means that I can foresee the future to some degree, at least in the limited sense of what is a likely outcome of my actions.
Why are people surprised by the fact that I have foresight? I may be known for being an impolite bastard, but quite frankly, anybody who thinks I'm a _stupid_ impolite bastard must be missing a page.
You can disagree with my opinions. You can call me obstinate, impolite, and opinionated. But quite frankly, very few people have ever found me *stupid*.
So give me that - I'm not stupid. That means that I actually *can* predict the future to some fuzzy degree, and that people really should *not* be surprised by the fact that I never let the FSF control my choice of license.
> The GPLv2 tries hard to be compatible with any further versions of the GPL > as possible, by allowing people to choose which license you take, and by > making sure that no man in the middle can restrict this choice. If people > deliberately select to use "GPLv2 only", who's to blame?
There's no "blame". There's only credit.
Besides, you are wrong. The *default* for the GPLv2 in the presense of license information is *not* "v2 or later"
In order to get "GPLv2 or later", you actually have to explicitly specify it.
I just find it sad that so many people did that, often apparently just because they didn't actually read or understand the license.
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