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In a posting to linux-kernel yesterday, Linus says:

I’m damn fed up with the FSF being the “protector of freedoms”, and also feeling that they can define what those freedoms mean.

I feel the exact same way, and have for quite a while. That’s the primary reason I am no longer a paying member of the Free Software Foundation. And I wasn’t just someone who sat back and threw ‘em a few bucks every now and again. I was an associate member for a number of years and also volunteered to work their booths at various events (up to as far as five hours away) on my own time and at my own expense. I don’t write much code that’s released publicly, but I don’t foresee a time when I’ll be releasing anything under GPLv3.

GPLv2 FTW!

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