Messages in this thread | | | From | James Bruce <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | Date | Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:15:04 -0400 |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: [ snip ] > I consider dual-licensing unlikely (and technically quite hard), but at > least _possible_ in theory. I have yet to see any actual *reasons* for > licensing under the GPLv3, though. [ snip ]
One thing that would make that easier in the future is if contributers at least started to dual-license their submissions. I.e. if instead of "GPL version 2", one could say "GPL version 2 or GPL version 3". It isn't the same thing as the problematic "GPL version 2 or later", because the developer is not agreeing to an unseen license (GPLv4, etc). What it does do is make it easier to move to GPLv3 a few years from now, if that is decided then, as a significant fraction of the code will already be GPLv3 compatible. That way, if a reason is ever found to move to v3, at least some of the work will already be done.
- Jim Bruce
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