Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758090AbXFOWWv (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:22:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753325AbXFOWWo (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:22:44 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:39238 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751601AbXFOWWn (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:22:43 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:22:29 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Michael Gerdau Cc: Linus Torvalds , Daniel Hazelton , Alexandre Oliva , Lennart Sorensen , Greg KH , debian developer , "david@lang.hm" , Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070615222229.GA20176@elte.hu> References: <200706150825.15491.mgd@technosis.de> <200706160006.26428.mgd@technosis.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706160006.26428.mgd@technosis.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.1.7 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1165 Lines: 27 * Michael Gerdau wrote: > > What matters is *my* intent in *choosing* the GPLv2, not *his* > > intent in writing it. > > I beg to differ. By adopting _his_ license you adopted his view. [...] ianal, but fortunately that's not what the law is. The license says what it says, and that is what controls. The intent of the author (of Linus and other copyright holders) is a secondary source of information /if and only if/ any ambiguity of meaning arises (as determined by a judge, not by you or me). But the opinion and intent of RMS (unless adopted by Linus) is quite immaterial. ( there is a legalistic special-case. If any dispute arises over what license the COPYING file in Linux itself (and only that file) is under, then the intent of RMS matters too, but only for that limited matter for that single file. Btw., the COPYING file itself is not licensed under the GPL. ) Ingo - 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/