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And this is why, in a nutshell, linux should switch to GPL3. Right now there is no issue for TP-link to "preenmptively" block their hardware. If there was, the
by tplinkxy 11y ago
And this is why, in a nutshell, linux should switch to GPL3.
Right now there is no issue for TP-link to "preenmptively" block their hardware. If there was, they would think twice about it.
- mariuolo 11y ago> And this is why, in a nutshell, linux should switch to GPL3. Unfortunately, given the number of developers that would have to agree, the fact that early contributions weren't attributed and the can of worms that defining what a derivative work is opens, makes relicensing very unlikely.
- iofj 11y agoNot really. Think about it. Only to remove restrictions from a license do you need permission from the existing developers. To introduce extra restrictions you don't need anyone's permission. If Linus chooses to accept a single patch that's GPLv3, the kernel is GPLv3 from that point forward. Linus has in fact done this to quite a bit of MIT licensed code. Of course it only applies to future versions, and you could conceivably make versions that have those patches removed.
- qb45 11y agoIt's quite likely that they would prefer violating the GPL (nothing particularly unusual) or licensing VxWorks/Windows/whatever over risking being banned in the US.