Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: RFC: Starting a stable kernel series off the 2.6 kernel | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sun, 04 Dec 2005 16:23:35 +0100 |
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> But I do wonder how copyright and GPL can co-exist. Do the copyright > holder own the changes anybody else does to the code? > Anyone care to explain?
The GPL *is* copyright. You and I as copyright holders reserve all rights, and then grant selected rights; the rights and the conditions they are granted under are described in the COPYING file. It's a misunderstanding to think that GPL means "no copyright" or "can do anything I want"; in a way the GPL is quite a restrictive license. (while it allows you to distribute, copy and make derived works, it only does allow that under the condition that the result is made available under the GPL as well in full source form, and there's some additional conditions as well)
so GPL can copyright are not in conflict, the GPL can exist BECAUSE of copyright actually.
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