Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755267AbXFOMwS (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:52:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753585AbXFOMwH (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:52:07 -0400 Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.239]:56858 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753543AbXFOMwG (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:52:06 -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=OgmoUpIPpiGly4vkl9HECB61lIIQSJPVLQgl2NLPAL+6mSpCqp5I0LTnwCepIII7PojOucGjAgg6BFlyt4HJOxoJu1IYs1BlBwMmEOdgEqOG3xrVyZtn5afGTqlQew7poLKG4uhBLX3wkhZiUguejErh/Va5OimPyMCIJt5kYQk= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:52:05 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Bernd Paysan" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "Paulo Marques" , "Al Viro" , "Krzysztof Halasa" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200706151403.57178.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> <200706151014.45383.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> <46727CCF.9030905@grupopie.com> <200706151403.57178.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1024 Lines: 28 On 6/15/07, Bernd Paysan wrote: > On Friday 15 June 2007 13:49, Paulo Marques wrote: > > > No, it is not "any version". It is the license specified in COPYING and > > nothing else. > > COPYING says in section 9 that there may be other versions, and if you as > author don't specify the version, it's "any version". > Please read this sentence over and over until it sinks: "If the Program specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation." Pay most attention to this part "If the Program specifies xxx and "any later version"", especially word "specifies". -- 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/