Linus Torvalds remains doubtful on GPL3
Submitted by srlinuxx on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 13:36.
Linux creator Linus Torvalds remains sceptical about the upcoming third version of the general public licence (GPLv3). "I still think GPLv2 is simply the better licence," Torvalds wrote in a posting to the Linux Kernel Developer mailing list on Sunday.
Torvalds oversees contributions to the Linux kernel and can decide to change the licence. The kernel forms the core of the operating system, but Linux distributions contain code from many other open source projects, most of which are governed by the GPL. Each of those projects has to decide if they want to switch to GPLv3 or remain on current GPLv2.
Torvalds over the past months has softened his disapproval of the forthcoming licence. But he denied that he was in any way impressed.
"I was impressed in the sense that it was a hell of a lot better than the
disaster that were the earlier drafts," said Torvalds.
The Linux founder has previously dismissed the licence as "religious ".
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He also said he was "pretty impressed". Alan Cox like GPLv3 and I bet that it's only a matter of time. The kernel will need to protect itself as well.