GPLv3 Could Kill Open Source, Top Linux Developers Warn

Many of the top Linux developers have announced their objections to the proposed GPLv3.

In a position paper released Sept. 22, leading Linux developers like Andrew Morton, James E.J. Bottomley, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Christoph Hellwig, and six others explained in detail why they “reject the current license proposal.”

While Linux founder Linus Torvalds did not sign this document, he has already voiced his objection to version 3 of the GPL (GNU General Public License).

In a note concerning the paper, Kroah-Hartman explained, “No one else is standing up in the free software community besides Linus stating that they think the GPLv3 is bad. So we wanted to make our statement also known.”

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