Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754251AbXFNUFZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:05:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751140AbXFNUFN (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:05:13 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:38726 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750941AbXFNUFL (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:05:11 -0400 To: "Dmitry Torokhov" 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 Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: <200706132108.50030.dhazelton@enter.net> <200706140125.24815.dtor@insightbb.com> From: Alexandre Oliva Organization: Red Hat OS Tools Group Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:01:52 -0300 In-Reply-To: (Dmitry Torokhov's message of "Thu\, 14 Jun 2007 15\:00\:15 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) 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: 1552 Lines: 35 On Jun 14, 2007, "Dmitry Torokhov" wrote: > Ok, consider non-derived work. I did, you snipped it out: >> If your change is not a derived work, you're not bound by the terms >> of the GPL as far as the change is concerned, so the GPL has no say >> whatsoever as to how you must release it. If you choose the GPL, >> then you're a licensor, and the requirements to pass on all the >> rights you have do not apply. > 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_. I see what you mean. IANAL, but I don't think that's how it works. When your work is not a derived work, the GPL that applies to the rest of the program does not make you a licensee, and it only covers your work if you choose to license it that way. And then, you're the sole licensor of that piece of the work. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - 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/