Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752992AbXFJJDj (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:03:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751796AbXFJJDc (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:03:32 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:6848 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751730AbXFJJDb (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 05:03:31 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:03:30 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Tarkan Erimer cc: davids@webmaster.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: <466BB85B.6050703@netone.net.tr> Message-ID: References: <466BB85B.6050703@netone.net.tr> 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: 1022 Lines: 34 On Jun 10 2007 11:37, Tarkan Erimer wrote: > > Thanks for the corrections ;-) The whole picture is more clear now for me :-) > BTW,I found a really interesting blog entry about which code in Linux Kernel is > using which version of GPL : > > http://6thsenseless.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-much-linux-kernel-code-is-gpl-2.html You've got to take MODULE_LICENSE() into account. There is MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL and additional rights"); MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL"); MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MIT/GPL"); MODULE_LICENSE("Dual MPL/GPL"); I think it's time to set things right, making * MODULE_LICENSE the authoritative place for the license (also makes it easier to grep for) * sync up license into MODULE_LICENSE Jan -- - 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/