Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932382AbWAZSA3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:00:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932381AbWAZSA3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:00:29 -0500 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:20866 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932382AbWAZSA2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:00:28 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:59:01 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: Linus Torvalds cc: Chase Venters , "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-ID: References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20060120111103.2ee5b531@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <43D13B2A.6020504@cs.ubishops.ca> <43D7C780.6080000@perkel.com> <43D7B20D.7040203@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43D7B5C4.5040601@wolfmountaingroup.com> <43D7D05D.7030101@perkel.com> Mail-Copies-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org Mail-Followup-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org X-NSA: al aqsar fluffy jihad cute musharef kittens jet-A1 ear avgas wax ammonium bad qran dog inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea revolt pelvix mustard gas x-ray british airways washington peroxide cool MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 771 Lines: 20 On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote: > In other words: the _default_ license strategy is always just the > particular version of the GPL that accompanies a project. If you > want to license a program under _any_ later version of the GPL, you > have to state so explicitly. Linux never did. That's not what section 9 seems to say. The default is "any version you like". regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: panic: kernel segmentation violation. core dumped (only kidding) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/