| Torvalds: Solaris could nudge Linux to GPLv3 |
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| Publication: | ZDNet | Date: | Jun 13 2007 |
Linux leader Linus Torvalds has finally found something that could convince him that the forthcoming version 3 of the General Public License is worth adopting: open-source Solaris.
"If Sun really is going to release OpenSolaris under GPLv3, that may be a good reason" to move Linux to the new licence, Torvalds said in a posting to the Linux kernel mailing list on Sunday. "I don't think the GPLv3 is as good a licence as [GPLv]2 but, on the other hand, I'm pragmatic and, if we can avoid having two kernels with two different licences and the friction that causes, I at least see the reason for GPLv3."
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