Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:47:31 +0300 | From | Jari Ruusu <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc3 - BSD licensing |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > You're saying that you consider Gladman's original AES license to be > GPL-compatible (ie a subset of it)? That's fine - apparently the FSF > agrees.
Yes, it is GPL-compatible.
> However, that is incompatible with you then complaining when it gets > released under the GPL. If the original license was a proper subset of the > GPL, then it can _always_ be re-released under the GPL, and you don't have > anything to complain about.
Linus, you are mixing two completely different rights here; re-distribution right and re-licensing right. Original license grants you GPL-compatible re-distribution rights, which means that the code can be distributed and linked with GPL code just fine. To relicense the code under more restrictive license you need permission from all authors of the code. You clearly do not have such permission from all authors. Therefore, you can not re-license the code.
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