Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752972AbXFNPjp (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:39:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751442AbXFNPji (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:39:38 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:42702 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751162AbXFNPji (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:39:38 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:39:35 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Bernd Paysan Cc: Krzysztof Halasa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070614153935.GO21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706131624.37211.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> <200706141023.21624.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706141023.21624.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 974 Lines: 17 On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 10:23:20AM +0200, Bernd Paysan wrote: > A number of kernel hacker deliberately want their work under GPLv2 only > (like Al Viro), and they are fully entitled to do that - but they must > announce it in a propper place (not lkml or lwn.org) A court deposition if somebody tries to do relicensing. At that point I believe that I made myself sufficiently clear, so I really doubt that "all files without explicit license get the license defendant would like and not the one located in the tree" would fly. But you are welcome to test that, of course - will make for nice punitive damages. Just make sure to test it yourself - giving somebody else an advice that will land them in trouble is not nice... - 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/