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    SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
    On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 10:14:44AM +0200, Bernd Paysan wrote:
    > Linus isn't in the positition to
    > change that unless he does a substantial change to the file, and also adds
    > a comment that this file is now GPLv2 only.

    Which would only have effect on future additions, not the current
    content of the file - of course.

    Now - what if someone would write a patch for such a file (that was
    'any version' before and then had a header added saying 'just version 2')
    under the license 'version 2 or later'? This patch could be transformed
    to 'just 2', and then applied to said source file - but, it could also
    be added to the previous version of that file (without the new header)
    as 'version 2 or later'. Hence, the file can still be constructed at
    any moment (provided the header is removed) as license 'version 2 or
    later', UNLESS someone adds a *crucial* patch (that cannot be removed
    as well, along with the header) that is explicitely made version 2
    ONLY by its author.

    Bottom line - adding a header to those files with "version 2 only"
    by Linus is pointless.

    --
    Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com>
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