Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756712AbXFOOxG (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:53:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756614AbXFOOwa (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:52:30 -0400 Received: from qb-out-0506.google.com ([72.14.204.228]:7413 "EHLO qb-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755410AbXFOOw3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:52:29 -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=KCAKYerEzpQMqRfpvc6pqTboLI3QjbGfq1A1gbk3qorQLvI5lxXfa0ebyGHT3cfX1axpDUghNjxI2DLgnnNxhXhqBznkBqjEwq3Ic8PvW5yx6JiaqDUtAVHlikn0zrtmQBk6jXwVnqVDOalIsOFcIY80qQqOs98LurBZhhcQFEM= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:52:27 -0400 From: "Dmitry Torokhov" To: "Alan Cox" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "Paulo Marques" , "Bernd Paysan" , "Al Viro" , "Krzysztof Halasa" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070615154522.2a161884@the-village.bc.nu> 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> <4672A231.9000800@grupopie.com> <20070615154522.2a161884@the-village.bc.nu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 729 Lines: 21 On 6/15/07, Alan Cox wrote: > > But COPYING *is* the entire text and starts with: " > > GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE > > Version 2, June 1991" > > > > so there is no confusion about the version. > > The version of the COPYING file (and the licence document), not of the > licence on the code. > Using this logic one can say that Linux kernel is BSD or even public domain and COPYING is there just for kicks. -- 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/