2007/1/17, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay@gmail.com>:
The query was more on why is it necessary to put *pressure* on Linus to
be GPLv3 compliant/released rather than letting him have a free say in
it. Last I read off LWN, he was pretty clear about his reasons (aka
reservations) and posited a wait-let's see stance
One of the aims of GPLv3 is to let the owners have the key to their
devices (stop tivoisation, where you know you are running Free Software
under GPL but without the ability to tinker and customise) and if Linux
kernel does not go GPLv3 path we can't have that. So if all others go
GPLv3 way (and if OpenSolaris leads the way that would bring a positive
effect) then everyone who support Linus' view on GPLv3 now (especially
with the Novell-Microsoft deal) might not be as supportive and that
would put pressure on Linus to rethink his position.
Cheers
Praveen