Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755991AbXFOMqQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:46:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753304AbXFOMqE (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:46:04 -0400 Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.228]:49026 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753808AbXFOMqC (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:46:02 -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=sMkdWYbGMx2hd4JlNve+A/8b0zav4vWWFovRmTvB4L4xh4czc1flXlhUhgMzenotfQ56IWkpxCciXW+bwVSbtYoinTBSpPdfjXYzBdJ6QvoVXd4/UWqy2gclAoa3hpkl3AOAn4+evzduXYKbW3yeLW+r1I3x9BCx0Z5Fp5ugMfk= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:46:00 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Bernd Paysan" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "Alexandre Oliva" , "Paulo Marques" , "Al Viro" , "Krzysztof Halasa" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200706151048.57762.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706151048.57762.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1045 Lines: 24 On 6/15/07, Bernd Paysan wrote: > On Thursday 14 June 2007 20:55, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > It does not matter. GPL v2 and later can be reduced to v2 by > > recepient. > > And expanded by the next recipient to GPLv2 or later, as long as the first > recipient does not make a substantial modification ("substantial" is a > copyright term - there is no precise definition how much must be modified, > but a line or two may not count as "substantial"). This is because you > receive the license from the original author, not from the man in the > middle. > No, you do receive the license from the person or entity you received the program. You have an _option_ to go to the original author and get copy of original code with original license (or maybe other license). -- 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/