Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:01:52 -0300 |
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On Jun 14, 2007, "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, consider non-derived work.
I did, you snipped it out:
>> If your change is not a derived work, you're not bound by the terms >> of the GPL as far as the change is concerned, so the GPL has no say >> whatsoever as to how you must release it. If you choose the GPL, >> then you're a licensor, and the requirements to pass on all the >> rights you have do not apply.
> Because I am distributing whole program > I have to do it under GPL. However I still have the right to > distribute just the portion that is written by me under whatevel > license I want but you as a recepient of GPLed whole do not get this > right. IOW I am not passing all the rights _I have_.
I see what you mean. IANAL, but I don't think that's how it works.
When your work is not a derived work, the GPL that applies to the rest of the program does not make you a licensee, and it only covers your work if you choose to license it that way. And then, you're the sole licensor of that piece of the work.
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