Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757464AbXFOSwW (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:52:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753871AbXFOSwO (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:52:14 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:45259 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753676AbXFOSwM (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:52:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:52:08 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: Bernd Paysan , Paulo Marques , Dmitry Torokhov , Krzysztof Halasa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070615185208.GX21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706151014.45383.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> <46727CCF.9030905@grupopie.com> <200706151403.57178.bernd.paysan@gmx.de> <20070615144301.GV21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1559 Lines: 33 On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 03:18:24PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 15, 2007, Al Viro wrote: > > > *OR* inherits the default license of the project. > > You got any case law for this? Seriously, I could use this for > FSFLA's IRPF2007-Livre project. > http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/freeing-the-lion Umm... What other license choices are there? Seriously, if file *does* get a license from somewhere (and if it doesn't, it can't be distributed at all), where else would that license come from? I can see one arguing that it shouldn't be distributed at all (and we obviously don't want that), I can see one arguing that copyright statement floating in root of tree in file called "COPYING" and not tied to specific parts of that tree should apply, but I don't see how one would argue that some other license he happens to like should apply here. No specific case law, but I'd expect serious [eventual] trouble for somebody trying to slap some different license in such case. Not sure if anybody actually ever tried that... IIRC, the usual argument for slapping copyright into every file is along the lines of "making sure that it doesn't get lost when file is lifted into another project", not "it's free for grabbing by anyone" or "it can't be distributed at all"... - 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/