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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
Organization: Red Hat OS Tools Group
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:06:02 -0300
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0706141311330.14121@woody.linux-foundation.org> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Thu\, 14 Jun 2007 13\:15\:10 -0700 \(PDT\)")
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On Jun 14, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> 
>> Then would you consider relicensing Linux under GPLv3 + additional
>> permission for Tivoization?

> No. I'm not stupid.

> The GPLv3 explicitly allows removing additional permissions.

So what?  You just refrain from accepting contributions that attempt
to remove them, and you'll keep TiVO happy.

-- 
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}
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