Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders | Date | Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:23:43 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Simon Oosthoek <simon.oosthoek@ti-wmc.nl> wrote:
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> really? if it was dual licensed (that's what I meant, perhaps the "or" > should be an "and"? ;-), v2 in the kernel and v3(or any later version, > etc.), if the code is used outside of the kernel, it would "fall back > to" v3+ as soon as it's taken out of the kernel and used in something > else.
Then, due to the GPLv2 license, anybody can take the version in the kernel and distribute it further under GPLv2. Exactly because GPL is about keeping such roads open. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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