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What would change in the current situation had they used a GPL-compatible permissive license?
by usr1106 6y ago
What would change in the current situation had they used a GPL-compatible permissive license?
- pabs3 6y agoIt wouldn't change the development situation, but Linux distros wouldn't have lots of GPL violations and be ignoring those GPL violations.
- ghaff 6y agoApache 2.0 software is all over the place in Linux distributions. And it's probably the license that most lawyers would recommend for a permissive license. The reason it's not compatible with GPLv2 is the patent termination and indemnification provisions (in the view of the FSF). The code isn't in the kernel though.