Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755568AbXFJLI2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:08:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753352AbXFJLIU (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:08:20 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:22352 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753256AbXFJLIT (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:08:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:08:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Simon Arlott cc: Tarkan Erimer , davids@webmaster.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, neilb@suse.de Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: <466BC18F.9090202@simon.arlott.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <466BB85B.6050703@netone.net.tr> <466BC18F.9090202@simon.arlott.org.uk> 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: 1392 Lines: 39 On Jun 10 2007 10:17, Simon Arlott wrote: >On 10/06/07 09:37, Tarkan Erimer wrote: >> 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"); > >Surely that doesn't work since the entire Linux kernel is (and can only be) >released as GPLv2? Wouldn't anyone making changes to those files need to >obtain a copy under the other licence and explicitly release it under both >licenses in order to maintain that? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1915720,00.asp has the answer. Quoting Linus: "If you want to license a program under any later version of the GPL, you have to state so explicitly. Linux never did." Hence, unless there's a "GPL 2 or later", all the "unspecified GPL" files are GPL2 only. 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/