Linus Torvalds says no to GPL v3 for Linux Kernel

Linus Torvalds says no to GPL v3 for Linux Kernel

The GNU General Public License is getting a major overhaul and is reaching its third version. However, one of the most popular open source application out their, Linux might not be adopting this updated license as the original Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds has shown his disapproval for this.

Linus seems to have issues with the newly added digital rights management provisions in the GPL version 3. He said in a statement that he does not believe that the Linux Kernel would adopt the new license. GPL has been updated after a gap of nearly 15 years to protect users and developers from some of the dangers posed by software patents and digital rights management systems.

The refusal to adopt the GPL v3 from Torvalds would come as a blow for the authors of the document, the Free Software Foundation. The new updates would prevent the GPL-licensed software from being used in DRM copy-protection software. Torvalds added that it is unlikely that the Linux community would be adopting GPL3 because its proposed DRM provisions are too burdensome.

He said: “I think it’s insane to require people to make their private signing keys available, for example. I wouldn’t do it. So I don’t think the GPL v3 conversion is going to happen for the kernel.”