Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750982AbWBBMbk (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 07:31:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750980AbWBBMbj (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 07:31:39 -0500 Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:26890 "EHLO khc.piap.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750973AbWBBMbj (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 07:31:39 -0500 To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders References: From: Krzysztof Halasa Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:31:37 +0100 In-Reply-To: (David Schwartz's message of "Wed, 1 Feb 2006 14:46:52 -0800") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 792 Lines: 17 "David Schwartz" writes: > I don't think you can lock a person down to a single version of the GPL > unless you explicitly say so in each individual file. Otherwise, nothing > prevents someone from separating out one file and distributing it, kicking > in clause 9's rule about a Program that does not specify a version number. Nope. If you don't have a licence to use that single file, you can't use it (distribute etc.) at all. So you basically choose between that single version of GPL or nothing. -- Krzysztof Halasa - 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/