From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,71b4c0131a8a22a4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!feeder1-2.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!club-internet.fr!feedme-small.clubint.net!feeder.news-service.com!216.196.110.148.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder2.news.saunalahti.fi!feeder1.news.saunalahti.fi!nntp.inet.fi!central1.inet.fi!inet.fi!read3.inet.fi.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Dirk Heinrichs Subject: Re: Corrected version Re: pragma License ? Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: User-Agent: KNode/0.10.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit Message-ID: <1182160706.208857@xnews001> Cache-Post-Path: xnews001!unknown@duprn003-102193.europe.nokia.com X-Cache: nntpcache 3.0.2 (see http://www.nntpcache.com/) Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:58:27 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.243.46.180 X-Complaints-To: abuse@inet.fi X-Trace: read3.inet.fi 1182160707 147.243.46.180 (Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:58:27 EEST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:58:27 EEST Organization: Sonera corp Internet services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16217 Date: 2007-06-18T09:58:27+00:00 List-Id: anon wrote: > Linux Modules uses : MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > alone with some files having the spelled out comment lines too. That's a different beast. This is used to enforce GPL lincensed kernel modules. It results in a _runtime_ check. When a module with a non-compatible license is loaded, it will taint the kernel and you will not get any support from kernel hackers in case of problems. > And as for GPL 2 software adopting GPL 3. Once the GPL version 3 is > finalize, the GPL version 2 is no longer legal. That's simply wrong. > If you read GPL 2 there is a paragraph that states you must adopt the updated version. No, there's not. Read §9 again, it's the only one that addresses GPL versions: " 9. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation." > So if Linus does not fully adopt GPL 2 then he must write his own License > for Linux. No, he doesn't need to. > Now there are some that says that the GPL 3 is dead without Linux. ?? There's more free software out there than the Linux kernel. > And SUN with Solaris is trying to push Linux to GPL 3. How could Sun/Solaris push a Linux license change??? > Sun has it reasons for wanting GPL 3. Sure they have. Linus has his reasons to keep GPL2. So what? Bye... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs | Tel: +49 (0)162 234 3408 Configuration Manager | Fax: +49 (0)211 47068 111 Capgemini Deutschland | Mail: dirk.heinrichs@capgemini.com Wanheimerstraße 68 | Web: http://www.capgemini.com D-40468 Düsseldorf | ICQ#: 110037733 GPG Public Key C2E467BB | Keyserver: www.keyserver.net