Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752805AbXFNP42 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:56:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751870AbXFNP4O (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:56:14 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.180]:27950 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751992AbXFNP4L (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:56:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=G7gaMXhRjs6rVkMt/AbA9yhzFt0ki4VfSN1wfbr5ndfiEyt3sgQQAKGP5tzh/vHEqpWnubN3YlXDl1uvOa9DanD+4D0Y0j/OlgV6cGrbfMw3IvHoKq3uU05DGvpYONvabspMsQRS/tWdDlwwerAb8rL+inT27UZRgNa4ASH9ZKQ= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:56:10 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Alexandre Oliva" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "Daniel Hazelton" , "Bongani Hlope" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Lennart Sorensen" , "Greg KH" , "debian developer" , "david@lang.hm" , "Tarkan Erimer" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" , mingo@elte.hu In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200706132108.50030.dhazelton@enter.net> <200706140125.24815.dtor@insightbb.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 27 On 6/14/07, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 14, 2007, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > On Wednesday 13 June 2007 21:59, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > >> For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether > >> gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients > >> all the rights that you have. > >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > So if I am a sole author of a program and I chose to distribute it under > > GPL > > then you're not a licensee, you're a licensor, and these terms don't > apply to you. Heh. When you change a GPLed program and pass your changes you are the licensor for the new code. You still have a right and license pieces of the code you wrote under different license but you do not pass that right to recepient of modified work. -- Dmitry - 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/