On 6/10/07, david@lang.hm  wrote:

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> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Tarkan Erimer wrote:

>

> >> >  And maybe another questions should be : How long a copyright owner can

> >> >  hold the copyright, if died or lost for sometime ? if died, the

> >> >  copyright still should be valid or not ? If lost, what the law orders at

> >> >  this point for copyright holding ?

> >>

> >>  I believe that in the US it's life + 90 years.

> >>

> >>  David Lang

> > Hmm... Really,it is damn too much time to wait! It's really better idea to

> > replace the code of this person as said before instead of waiting such  90+

> > years!

>

> exactly, however as others are pointing out, there are a lot of active

> developers who do not agree with some of the key points of the GPLv3

> (including Linus), so until you convince them that the GPLv3 is better it

Last heard, Linus was quite impressed with the toned down version of

the final draft of GPLv3. I think Linus, and other major developers

should make their stand on this issue clear so that the kernel

community can discuss the future steps.

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