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Don't panic! The article isn't about an expiration or termination of the GPLv2 itself. It's about the termination of violator rights after the violator compli
by reemrevnivek 15y ago
Don't panic! The article isn't about an expiration or termination of the GPLv2 itself. It's about the termination of violator rights after the violator complies with the license.
GPLv2 requires all copyright holders (which is hundreds for Android) to agree to forgive the violator, GPLv3 assumes that the violator will be forgiven after they comply with the license.
Sounds like a good reason to upgrade to v3 to me.
- georgemcbay 15y agoUpgrading the Linux license to v3 would also require all copyright holders to agree, making it equally impossible to do in practice... in fact, probably more so since most contributors would just blindly 'yea' vote on revoking the termination of an Android license for any specific vendor who came back into compliance whereas some of them are actively opposed to GPLv3 terms.
- cube13 15y agoGiven the number of complaints Linus Torvalds made about GPLv3's anti-Tivolization clause, I don't think that we're going to ever see the kernel on v3.