forbes.com — In an interview via e-mail with Forbes, Torvalds discusses GPLv3, digital rights management and sharks with laser beams.Linus indicated he wouldn't adopt a new version of the license under which Linux is distributed. Torvalds' opinion matters because his program is by far the most popular open source program in the world
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Closed AccountMar 10, 2006
"creator of the popular Linux operating system"I think they mean creator of the Linux Kernal. I'm not trying to undermine his work at all, since he was there when the GNU project needed a kernal... mad props to the guy. I respect his opinion, and so should you!
aconbereMar 10, 2006
I actually read an article about... maybe the move to gpl2 from gpl1 and the Linux kernel and how the managed that (or maybe it was just a plan to move to gpl3). I guess essentially they got all the guys together that had worked on the kernel and they were in contact with and made sure everyone was okay with it. Then they sent emails out to everyone they could get a hold of telling them the plan. Then they waited a good long time. And then they just went for it. Which sounds reasonable enough to me.
beanMar 10, 2006
I'd put firefox/mozilla up there too.
iamseriousMar 11, 2006
Richard is an anarchist (ask him yourself), which is cool, but what about all of us who are something other than anarchists?Linus is a mellow nice guy who is relaxed enough to accept the co-existence of good and evil."Do no evil" is a whole lot different than "do good."