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	benny1967	2014-11-29 , 17:21
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Originally Posted by Copernicus

Er, what?!? A very major reason why Linux uptake skyrocketed while projects like Hurd never got off the ground is that Linus balked at supporting GPLv3, which had major anti-commercial language inserted into it. Him dragging his feet and continuing to use GPLv2 for the licensing of Linux is what helped a lot of corporations to remain in the Linux distribution business...

Nope. Hurd was dead (and linux popular) long before the GPLv3. (Which is a cool license; Torvalds just doesn't understand it.) Actually, Hurd was never really alive.

I'm referring to the fact that Torvalds originally had not put the Linux kernel under the GPL, but under a license of his own. This original license said the kernel mustn't be distributed for money. Only later did he change the license to GPL when he was asked to do so.

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