{"id":26382,"date":"2016-08-29T10:48:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26382"},"modified":"2016-08-29T10:48:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T08:48:49","slug":"linus-torvalds-loves-gpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/08\/29\/linus-torvalds-loves-gpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Linus Torvalds loves GPL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Slashdot<\/a> links to this CIO article<\/a>, which quotes Linus Torvalds on the importance of the General Public License (GPL):<\/p>\n

“FSF [Free Software Foundation] and I don’t have a loving relationship, but I love GPL v2,” said Torvalds. “I really think the license has been one of the defining factors in the success of Linux because it enforced that you have to give back, which meant that the fragmentation has never been something that has been viable from a technical standpoint.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and:<\/p>\n

“The GPL ensures that nobody is ever going to take advantage of your code. It will remain free and nobody can take that away from you. I think that’s a big deal for community management.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Slashdot links to this CIO article, which quotes Linus Torvalds on the importance of the General Public License (GPL): “FSF [Free Software Foundation] and I don’t have a loving relationship, but I love GPL v2,” said Torvalds. “I really think the license has been one of the defining factors in the success of Linux because … Continue reading Linus Torvalds loves GPL<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Linus Torvalds loves GPL #LinusTorvalds #Linux #OpenSource #GPL","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,62],"tags":[559,2925,2912,237],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-technology","tag-gpl","tag-linus-torvalds","tag-open-source","tag-quotes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27163,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/23\/gpl-defense-issues\/","url_meta":{"origin":26382,"position":0},"title":"GPL defense issues","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A friend sent me a link to this email from Linus Torvalds to the Kernel Summit Discussion mailing list. \u00a0The subject of the conversation is the General Public License (GPL) and whether or not it should be enforced in courts. \u00a0Read the whole thing - 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