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DateThu, 26 Jan 2006 09:28:03 -0700
From"Jeff V. Merkey" <>
SubjectRe: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders
Paul Jakma wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
>> In other words: the _default_ license strategy is always just the 
>> particular version of the GPL that accompanies a project. If you want 
>> to license a program under _any_ later version of the GPL, you have 
>> to state so explicitly. Linux never did.
>
>
> That's not what section 9 seems to say. The default is "any version 
> you like".


Right.

:-)

Jeff

>
> regards,


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