Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:57:39 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Cc: "Bernd Paysan" <bernd.paysan@gmx.de>,
       "Alexandre Oliva" <aoliva@redhat.com>,
       "Paulo Marques" <pmarques@grupopie.com>,
       "Al Viro" <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>, "Krzysztof Halasa" <khc@pm.waw.pl>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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> 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).

You receive the licence from the original author. The GPL contains no
text allowing a third party to grant new licences.

You may well receive the COPYING file from a different party. The licence
may well place duties on the person who supplied you but the actual right
to use comes from the original author.

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