[GPL] version 3 was not a good "here we give you version 2"… - Linus Torvalds

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[GPL] version 3 was not a good "here we give you version 2" and then we try to sneak in this new rules and try force everyone to upgrade; that was the part I disliked. The FSF did really sneaky stuff, downright immoral in my opinion.

Linus Torvalds

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Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.

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Alternative Names: Linus Benedict Torvalds • OH3LUS • LUS • Linus B. Torvalds • Torvalds

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