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> People seem to be confusing "hackable" with "has GPL code". Well, to be fair, wasn't the GPLv3 created to make those two strongly correlated? I know Linux is
by Redoubts 10y ago
> People seem to be confusing "hackable" with "has GPL code".
Well, to be fair, wasn't the GPLv3 created to make those two strongly correlated? I know Linux is gpl 2, and Linus is publically against v3, but I get the feeling this was considered a large loophole in the spirit of the license.
- karma_vaccum123 10y agoYou answered your own question - linux is GPLv2 and always will be. It will never be GPLv3; Linus hates GPLv3. GPLv2 doesn't grant you a right to hack, period.