This is what they get for not upgrading to Version 3.0. No sympathies coming from this anon.
>ecosystem
>buzzwording this hard
<The stunning growth and widespread adoption of Linux, however, also requires ever evolving methods of achieving compliance with the terms of our community’s chosen license, the GPL-2.0
>implying it wasn't Torvalds' hatred of the FSF that made him keep Linux at v2 only just to spite Stallman and love for TiVocucking
>no links to the GNU project's website https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html (the author of GPLv2) about the GPL or GPL violation but everywhere else
<Unfortunately the same processes that we use to assure fulfillment of license obligations and availability of source code can also be used unjustly in trolling activities to extract personal monetary rewards. In particular, issues have arisen as a developer from the Netfilter community, Patrick McHardy, has sought to enforce his copyright claims in secret and for large sums of money by threatening or engaging in litigation. Some of his compliance claims are issues that should and could easily be resolved.
Maybe they will be more cautious about violating the GPL after he has taught them a "monetary" teaching.
<However, he has also made claims based on ambiguities in the GPL-2.0 that no one in our community has ever considered part of compliance.
How about you fucking upgrade to the GPLv3 and get rid of thos ambiguities?
<Examples of these claims have been distributing over-the-air firmware, requiring a cell phone maker to deliver a paper copy of source code offer letter; claiming the source code server must be setup with a download speed as fast as the binary server based on the “equivalent access” language of Section 3; requiring the GPL-2.0 to be delivered in a local language; and many others.
You see know why the GPLv3 is a superior license to the GPLv2? Probably not as a lot of (((IT shekkels))) ar at stake over raping useds.
<How he goes about this [trolling] was recently documented very well by Heather Meeker.
Good! If you can make a (((quick buck))) teaching people not to mess with the GPL, more power (and wealth) to you.
<Numerous active contributors to the kernel community have tried to reach out to Patrick to have a discussion about his [lulz milking], to no response.
You should have upgraded to the GPLv3 in 2007, but Torvald craves the corporate cock too much.
<While the kernel community has always supported enforcement efforts to bring companies into compliance, we have never even considered enforcement for the purpose of extracting monetary gain.
Not even a "comply, pay us a million bucks and then we'll reinstate your right to use Loonix"?
<It is not possible to know an exact figure due to the secrecy of Patrick’s actions, but we are aware of activity that has resulted in payments of at least a few million Euros.
>just a few million Euros
These corporations should perhaps begin to regret depending on GPLv2 software, considering that the GPLv3 is less ambigous.
<A key goal of all enforcement of the GPL-2.0 license has and continues to be bringing companies into compliance with the terms of the license. The Kernel Enforcement Statement is designed to do just that. It adopts the same termination provisions we are all familiar with from GPL-3.0 as an Additional Permission giving companies confidence that they will have time to come into compliance if a failure is identified. Their ability to rely on this Additional Permission will hopefully re-establish user confidence and help direct enforcement activity back to the original purpose we have all sought over the years -- actual compliance.
They are so hellbent on TiVocucking that they won't even consider upgrading to v3 to make a path to compliance smoother. At least they are tacitly admitting that the GPLv3 is better with some regards.
<Kernel developers in our ecosystem may put their own acknowledgement to the Statement by sending a patch to Greg adding their name to the Statement, like any other kernel patch submission, and it will be gladly merged. Those authorized to ‘ack’ on behalf of their company may add their company name in (parenthesis) after their name as well.
How about people instead sign a petition for Torvalds to upgrade to version 3? Instead they are slowly realizing the problems of using a 26 year old advanced copyleft license (GPLv2) instead of a modernized 10 year old license (GPLv3).