From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964794AbWA3RGR (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:06:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964795AbWA3RGR (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:06:17 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:15488 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964792AbWA3RGQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:06:16 -0500 Message-Id: <200601282323.k0SNNhfS010762@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Simon Oosthoek cc: Al Viro , Linus Torvalds , "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" , Kyle Moffett , Marc Perkel , "Jeff V. Merkey" , Patrick McLean , Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders In-Reply-To: Message from Simon Oosthoek of "Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:00:53 BST." <43DA2795.707@ti-wmc.nl> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 18) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:23:43 -0300 From: Horst von Brand X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0b5 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.21.155]); Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:03:59 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Simon Oosthoek wrote: [...] > really? if it was dual licensed (that's what I meant, perhaps the "or" > should be an "and"? ;-), v2 in the kernel and v3(or any later version, > etc.), if the code is used outside of the kernel, it would "fall back > to" v3+ as soon as it's taken out of the kernel and used in something > else. Then, due to the GPLv2 license, anybody can take the version in the kernel and distribute it further under GPLv2. Exactly because GPL is about keeping such roads open. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513