Some coders believe the Linux kernel won't use version 3 of the GPL, but Alan Cox wants developers to stop speculating at this early stage Written by Ingrid Marson, Contributor Jan. 23, 2006, 6:40 ...

By a strict interpretation of the GPL, you can't release any proprietary kernel modules, including drivers. And some Linux copyright holders think it should be interpreted strictly.

If what ComputerWorld is reporting and this blog post is saying, Microsoft may have effectively GPL’d the Linux Hyper-V drivers, whether intentional or not.

The kernel at the heart of Linux is currently covered by GPL 2, and Torvalds and fellow kernel programmers have expressed serious reservations about new provisions in GPL 3 drafts.

In a message to the Linux Kernel Mailing List on Jan. 25, Linus Torvalds made it plain that the Linux operating system is going to stay under General Public License 2 and not migrate to GPL 3.

In addition, 10 of the Linux programmers in the survey published a position paper on Friday, opposing the current draft of GPL 3. The paper, " The Dangers and Problems with GPLv3," predicts that ...

The Linux OS is licensed under the GPL. “Microsoft chose the GPLv2 license for the mutual benefit of our customers, partners, the community, and Microsoft,” he wrote.

To my law-unschooled mind, Linksys violated the GPL with its Broadcom chips, and now Cisco has inherited the problem. But this is not the end of the world for Linux.

The Linux kernel is licensed under the GPL. The drivers Microsoft released, once added to the Linux kernel, will provide the hooks for any distribution of Linux to run on Windows Server 2008 and ...

I run and support VMWare because they’ve support Linux for much longer. Don’t expect to see GPL releases for any other Microsoft products any time soon, though. Via CNet.

Microsoft released set of Linux drivers for its Hyper-V software under the GPLv2 (General Public License version 2) not because of “perceived obligations” to that license but because it is the ...

The Linux kernel is licensed under the GPL. The drivers Microsoft released, once added to the Linux kernel, will provide the hooks for any distribution of Linux to run on Windows Server 2008 and ...