Re: USB -- GPLv3 compatibility

[Davi Leal]

Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> One thing to work on are device drivers.  These would most probably be
> ported from another operating system (Linux, *BSD)

If you port a driver you should take into account the license such driver use.  
IMHO the Hurd should go towards full GPLv3 compatibility.

The GPLv3 license is a lot better than GPLv2.


The problem is that some Linux kernel drivers are licensed as "GPLv2 only". 
Using such "GPLv2 only" drivers would be a blocker for a future Hurd licensed 
under "GPLv3 or later".


IMHO, the Linux kernel sucks for being in practice GPLv2 only. See 
http://gnuherds.org/pledges?id=59