No. It is clear that you have the *option* of keep upgrading, but it is
also equally clear that Linux has always decided *not* to exercise that
option, exactly because I liked the GPLv2, not some "future upgrade".
I decided that long before I saw the GPLv3.
And I'm surprised by people who wonder why I did that.
I'm _intelligent_, dammit. That means that I can foresee the future to
some degree, at least in the limited sense of what is a likely outcome of
my actions.
Why are people surprised by the fact that I have foresight? I may be known
for being an impolite bastard, but quite frankly, anybody who thinks I'm a
_stupid_ impolite bastard must be missing a page.
You can disagree with my opinions. You can call me obstinate, impolite,
and opinionated. But quite frankly, very few people have ever found me
*stupid*.
So give me that - I'm not stupid. That means that I actually *can* predict
the future to some fuzzy degree, and that people really should *not* be
surprised by the fact that I never let the FSF control my choice of
license.
There's no "blame". There's only credit.
Besides, you are wrong. The *default* for the GPLv2 in the presense of
license information is *not* "v2 or later"
In order to get "GPLv2 or later", you actually have to explicitly specify
it.
I just find it sad that so many people did that, often apparently just
because they didn't actually read or understand the license.
Linus
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