Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756121AbXFJMq2 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:46:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753291AbXFJMqT (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:46:19 -0400 Received: from twin.jikos.cz ([213.151.79.26]:39072 "EHLO twin.jikos.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753229AbXFJMqT (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:46:19 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:45:41 +0200 (CEST) From: Jiri Kosina To: Neil Brown cc: Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: <18027.50727.190221.80822@notabene.brown> Message-ID: References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <18026.16739.228277.938421@notabene.brown> <466BBB0B.4050303@netone.net.tr> <18027.50727.190221.80822@notabene.brown> 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: 600 Lines: 16 On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Neil Brown wrote: > I presume the heirs of the dead people could change the license. And if > they have no heir, then there is no-one to sue for breach of copyright, > so I assume the copyright lapses. In most of the law systems out there the copyright stays valid for 70 years (or so) after the holder's death. -- Jiri Kosina - 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/