Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964786AbWAZS6b (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:58:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964799AbWAZS6b (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:58:31 -0500 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:25758 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964786AbWAZS63 (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:58:29 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:57:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: Diego Calleja cc: torvalds@osdl.org, chase.venters@clientec.com, linux-os@analogic.com, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, marc@perkel.com, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com, pmclean@cs.ubishops.ca, shemminger@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders In-Reply-To: <20060126195323.d553a4b8.diegocg@gmail.com> 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> <20060126195323.d553a4b8.diegocg@gmail.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: 1484 Lines: 34 On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Diego Calleja wrote: > The real text is (emphasis mine): "_IF_ the Program does not > specify a version number of this License, you may choose any > version ever published by the Free Software Foundation." > Before that it says: "Each version is given a distinguishing > version number. If the Program specifies a version number of this > License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the > option of following the terms and conditions either of that version > or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation" > IOW, such rules will aply if no version has been specified or if > has the "any later version" addon. Which is not the case: I can > read "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2, June 1991". That refers to the version of the GPL licence. That is specific to the licence document and distinct from any text where "the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it ..." (one suggestion for doing so is given: include a Preamble). regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: "And I want a bike and a monkey and a friend for the monkey." --Ralph Wiggum Brother's Little Helper (Episode AABF22) - 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/