Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751368AbWAZTeW (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:34:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751374AbWAZTeV (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:34:21 -0500 Received: from uproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.92.195]:16392 "EHLO uproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751368AbWAZTeU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 14:34:20 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Cp5TEiZP3vgbfTOut1BtuqrE6G87bSu3A4+nW4J3udzJQHLwIUh9VzvxL8e68sIrlGllF75vWzgfVOzVOJwWkRjcp/r7Mqyzui6HbJUyjsqqXgxbTGGYUmVvfzztdzWPcmwMKE5h0yMOifdwIJNSppWWla31y6iAVwhRT4j+rZY= Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:33:36 +0100 From: Diego Calleja To: Chase Venters Cc: paul@clubi.ie, 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 Message-Id: <20060126203336.abd85065.diegocg@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.1.9 (GTK+ 2.8.9; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 848 Lines: 17 El Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:57:27 -0600 (CST), Chase Venters escribi?: > So the question is - why would the GPL need a clause that says "You can > use any version of the GPL if the Program does not specify a version" when > every official version of the GPL includes a version number? Are they > expecting authors to strip the version number header in order to somehow > take advantage of section 9? That's what I though. The only sane reason I can find is that many projects don't even include a copy of the GPL and just say "this is licensed under the GNU Public License" - 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/