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Now mix GPLv3 code with the Linux kernel without violating an FSF license. Of course that you cannot release the result just means that there are also zero user
by josefx 10y ago
Now mix GPLv3 code with the Linux kernel without violating an FSF license. Of course that you cannot release the result just means that there are also zero users, so the freedoms of those zero users are preserved.
Edit: I am not arguing from an ideological standpoint, just from the resulting compatibility and usability issues. The GPL 2 and 3 were both written to protect the four freedoms, that they are incompatible and that we now have to invest time and effort work around that even for free software is just ugly.
- TuringTest 10y agoYes, but that's also true for any non-GPL compatible license, not just the GPLv3. And it's a result of Linus Torwalds not using the GPLv2 as intended by removing the "any later version" clause.