Messages in this thread | | | From | Dmitry Torokhov <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:25:23 -0400 |
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On Wednesday 13 June 2007 21:59, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > It *DOES* *NOT* say "All rights that you have". It says "All rights > > that are granted you by this license". > > I suggest you to reboot into memtest ;-) The preamble of GPLv2 says: > > For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether > gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients > all the rights that you have. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So if I am a sole author of a program and I chose to distribute it under GPL then all recepients will get _all_ my rights, including right to re-license the program under BSD or a proprietory license? Yeah, riiight...
Thankfully it is just preamble and not the actual license text.
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