Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758218AbXFOVnb (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:43:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757410AbXFOVnS (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:43:18 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:45463 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756986AbXFOVnR (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:43:17 -0400 To: Al Viro 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 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> <20070615185208.GX21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20070615213232.GZ21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> From: Alexandre Oliva Organization: Red Hat OS Tools Group Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:42:39 -0300 In-Reply-To: <20070615213232.GZ21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> (Al Viro's message of "Fri\, 15 Jun 2007 22\:32\:32 +0100") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1533 Lines: 32 On Jun 15, 2007, Al Viro wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:04:33PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> > No specific case law, but I'd expect serious [eventual] trouble for >> > somebody trying to slap some different license in such case. >> >> Consider this (to make the freeing-the-lion story short): >> >> Jar file with .class files, with a copy of LGPL in the root of the >> tree. No other license anywhere to be seen. Is it safe to assume >> the whole thing is under the LGPL? > It certainly sounds like a reasonable first assumption; unless you are > aware of couterexamples, you probably would be able at least to prove > that you've acted in good faith if somebody starts to complain. IANAL, > obviously, so ask FSF lawyers. Really. Especially if you are doing that > for a text associated with FSF-LA in any way. That's what they are for. I've covered my grounds and talked to lawyers in Brazil, where this all happened. But it wouldn't hurt me to have cases of law abroad, which is why I asked. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - 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/