From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265772AbTGWKWr (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:22:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266054AbTGWKWq (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:22:46 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:26592 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S265772AbTGWKWo (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2003 06:22:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:37:45 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Promise SATA driver GPL'd Message-ID: <20030723103745.GA26422@fs.tum.de> References: <200307230512.h6N5CXQ10468@adam.yggdrasil.com> <20030723090847.GZ26422@fs.tum.de> <20030723101228.GC4172@merlin.emma.line.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030723101228.GC4172@merlin.emma.line.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:12:28PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > There are _many_ people that have a copyright on parts of the Linux > > kernel (the exact number might be different in different countries due > > to different copyright laws). To change the copyright to anything other > > than GPL v2 is practically impossible (even if a new version of the GPL > > might fix the deficits you mentioned). > > How about the "or, at your option, any later version" clause in the GPL? This clause is not part of the GPL, it's only a suggestion on how to copyright your code. COPYING in the kernel sources includes an explict statement. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed