From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030227AbWA0CYF (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:24:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030238AbWA0CYE (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:24:04 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:22505 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030227AbWA0CYD (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:24:03 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:23:53 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: David Schwartz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders Message-ID: <20060127022353.GF16422@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , David Schwartz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <43D8FEF2.3080502@wolfmountaingroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 06:15:54PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > Linus can't put additional restrictions on code he didn't write. If the > authors licensed it under the GPL version 2 and "any later version", Linus > can't re-release it under a more restrictive license. Read section 6 > carefully: I suggest you read section 9, even more carefully. It's not an additional restriction, it's a option that the license provides, which Linus chose. Also read the preface of COPYING in the root directory of the kernel source. (That has been there for a _long_ time btw). Dave