Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757797AbXFRFlW (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:41:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754045AbXFRFlO (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:41:14 -0400 Received: from srv1.netkinetics.net ([206.71.148.180]:58695 "EHLO srv1.netkinetics.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753148AbXFRFlN (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:41:13 -0400 Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 From: Tim Post Reply-To: tim.post@netkinetics.net To: Al Boldi Cc: Alexandre Oliva , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200706180108.22065.a1426z@gawab.com> References: <200706172319.22381.a1426z@gawab.com> <200706180108.22065.a1426z@gawab.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Net Kinetics Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:39:32 +0800 Message-Id: <1182145172.21797.1462.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - srv1.netkinetics.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - netkinetics.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 863 Lines: 28 On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 01:08 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Alexandre Oliva wrote: > > On Jun 17, 2007, Al Boldi wrote: > > > Under what circumstances would it be possible to receive permission for > > > modification? > > > > You have to ask the copyright holder. > > > > Affero did just that, and so the Affero GPL was born. > > > > Just don't assume the FSF will grant such permissions lightly. > > But wouldn't this be against the spirit of the GPL? This may be helpful to you : http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifyGPL It describes the scenario and how to go about doing it. Best, --Tim - 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/