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Is GPL 3 dead on arrival?

linux-watch.com — Torvalds, the primary creator of Linux, wasn't happy with the first draft, and nothing has been modified in the second draft to make him change his mind. Without the support of Torvalds, and without the Linux kernel moving from GPL 2 to GPL 3, the new license is a dead license.

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  • CovardeAnonimo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4no, they're not.

    the part that says "this software licensed under GPL 2.x or higer" is not part of the license itself, it's a preamble. you can change that to "licensed under GPL2.x only" if you want, this'll prevent an automatic upgrade to GPL 3.0
  • flash200, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The Linux kernel was licensed explicitly to GPL v2 only
  • kettlechips, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1GPL2 products are automatically bound to GPL3. Read the license it's all there!

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