Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757579AbXFPOCv (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:02:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755975AbXFPOCp (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:02:45 -0400 Received: from mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.48.8]:58021 "EHLO mraos.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755659AbXFPOCo (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:02:44 -0400 To: Krzysztof Halasa cc: Linus Torvalds , Carlo Wood , Alexandre Oliva , Jeremy Maitin-Shepard , Sean , Adrian Bunk , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Daniel Hazelton , Alan Cox , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:57:38 +0200." Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:01:58 +0100 From: Sanjoy Mahajan Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1239 Lines: 28 Krzysztof Halasa writes: > > So, by making the COPYING contain the v2 text, is the author > > specifying a particular version? If yes, then the sec. 9 provision > > would be meaningless, since there would be no way to not specify a > > version number. > > Of course the "published under terms of GPL." would do. It would do, if you could stop there and say no more. But: You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you...give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License along with the Program. [GPLv2, section 1] So you have to give recipients the license text from a particular version of the GPL. To make that the only version unde which the work is licensed, you have to add something like "Licensed under the GPLv2". Otherwise sec. 9 says that you offer the work under any version of the GPL, and the licensee can take his or her pick -- even using v1 (!). -Sanjoy - 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/