Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754872AbXFNTA1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:00:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752146AbXFNTAS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:00:18 -0400 Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.179]:36460 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751448AbXFNTAQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:00:16 -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=t0V0PUsdKvRjNymRp4i2uCfjcvsu5JqAXfdrEK10qp7HHL59ihhV6f0tae/3HKclNqCxbqfcdE0fiB8V5NGfWpRjsMsQVRNnCmdNM3JN3awX7oZ3y04Qy0+RHeST+PComSEHBINirye5JeX2FQX7SWk9MdGbCQxsw7o6w9PfYIE= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:00:15 -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: 1897 Lines: 46 On 6/14/07, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 14, 2007, "Dmitry Torokhov" wrote: > > > 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. > > You are the author of the change, and you can license them however you > like. [... skip...] > > Derived work or not, when you combine that change with the program, > then you're bound by the terms of the license, and then you cannot > change the licensing terms of the whole program, so you can't pass > this right on either. > Ok, consider non-derived work. Because I am distributing whole program I have to do it under GPL. However I still have the right to distribute just the portion that is written by me under whatevel license I want but you as a recepient of GPLed whole do not get this right. IOW I am not passing all the rights _I have_. -- 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/