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Torvalds disapproves of GPL3

Torvalds disapproves of GPL3

Thrax Robert Hallock 12 Jun, 2007 at 10:57pm ET Article published in Tech

As TheInq reports, Linus Torvalds continues with his disapproval of the new GPL v3 licensing model. With elements to undermine the Novell-Microsoft partnership and blanket-ban DRM schema, Torvalds claims it’s more “Religion” than sense.

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  1. Garg
    13 Jun 2007 ~ 1:00pm Garg Agreed with Mr. Torvalds. v3's bleeding-heart "wouldn't everything be nice if we shared" language means anything with any GPL3'd code at all would have to be friendly to modification. Which means commercial use of open-source code suddenly becomes very risky.

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