Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756052AbXFONi2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:38:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753887AbXFONiV (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:38:21 -0400 Received: from viefep18-int.chello.at ([213.46.255.22]:56328 "EHLO viefep15-int.chello.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753607AbXFONiU (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:38:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:38:23 +0200 From: Carlo Wood To: Bernd Paysan Cc: Paulo Marques , Al Viro , Dmitry Torokhov , Krzysztof Halasa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070615133823.GC11830@alinoe.com> Mail-Followup-To: Carlo Wood , Bernd Paysan , Paulo Marques , Al Viro , Dmitry Torokhov , Krzysztof Halasa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <20070614170902.GQ21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> <467178D3.6010204@grupopie.com> <200706151014.45383.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706151014.45383.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1387 Lines: 29 On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 10:14:44AM +0200, Bernd Paysan wrote: > Linus isn't in the positition to > change that unless he does a substantial change to the file, and also adds > a comment that this file is now GPLv2 only. Which would only have effect on future additions, not the current content of the file - of course. Now - what if someone would write a patch for such a file (that was 'any version' before and then had a header added saying 'just version 2') under the license 'version 2 or later'? This patch could be transformed to 'just 2', and then applied to said source file - but, it could also be added to the previous version of that file (without the new header) as 'version 2 or later'. Hence, the file can still be constructed at any moment (provided the header is removed) as license 'version 2 or later', UNLESS someone adds a *crucial* patch (that cannot be removed as well, along with the header) that is explicitely made version 2 ONLY by its author. Bottom line - adding a header to those files with "version 2 only" by Linus is pointless. -- Carlo Wood - 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/