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by stametseater 1150 days ago
In principle I guess, but not in practice. Linux is distributed under the GPLv2 without the "or later" clause, so you couldn't simply convince the FSF to release a GPLv4 that allowed this. Nor do contributors sign away their rights. To re-license the kernel you'd have to get the consent of all the contributors, or replace the parts for which that was impossible.