On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 09:17:48PM +0200, Svante Signell wrote: > On Tue, 2013-07-02 at 15:32 -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > > Svante Signell wrote: > > > > > > I've been thinking about this for some time now. There is a need for a > > > gplv3+-compliant Debian-based distribution! Meaning that gplv2 only code > > > will not be included! For kernels, kFreeBSD and Hurd will remain, and > > > Linux will be several years back of course. Anybody has an idea on how > > > old Linux kernel will remain? Comments, ideas, any takers? Criticism I > > > assume will be plenty. Maybe even FSF might help here. > > > > Good luck with the Linux kernel... > > > > commit 625a8e113925b0bf958e7a4a05b91663908530a1 > > Author: linus1 <torva...@linuxfoundation.org> > > Date: Sat Sep 5 11:00:00 1992 -0800 > > > > [PATCH] Linux-0.97.3 (September 5, 1992) > > > > Hey, we switched to the GPL several months ago, but only now do we > > include the license text itself. Apparently everybody expected > > everybody else to just know what the GPL was.. > > > > > > Exactly when the switch over took place is left as an exercise for > > reader. Since it was over a decade ago, I seriously doubt anyone would > > use anything that ancient as a basis for a modern kernel. > > The interesting thing is not when Linus used the GPL license the first > time, it was v2 by then. Of crucial interest is when Linus changed from > v2 or later to v2 only. And looking at the source code, e.g. 3.9.8, a > very lot of files are still v2+, not v2 only. That's a very big > difference.
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