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To: Golden Eagle
Nice try, but not even close--your article says diddly squat.

All it says is that Torvalds hasn't ruled out GPL v.3

The original comment was that when Torvalds said no way, that was for the then-current draft--which arguably was very political and extremely anti-capitalist in nature.

The GPL v.3 is undergoing revisions. If RMS's drivel in there is seriously toned down, the version might gain acceptance. Torvalds is merely saying Anything's Possible.

170 posted on 02/24/2006 11:11:54 AM PST by rzeznikj at stout (This is a darkroom. Keep the door closed or you'll let all the dark out...)
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To: rzeznikj at stout

It clearly indicates his quote of the kernel becoming GPL3 as "quite possible", which is an essential 180 degree change from his previous comments. All Stallman had to do was publicly say "the Linux kernel developerS will decide" and wa-la Torvalds immediately started caving. Not to mention the kernel is only a small portion of "Linux distributions" and most everything else will certianly be converted. Even IF you hate admitting Stallman is firmly in control of the free open source software world, it's time you face up to it.


172 posted on 02/24/2006 11:22:14 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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