Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763234AbXFZXb5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:31:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762560AbXFZXat (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:30:49 -0400 Received: from lsd-gw.ic.unicamp.br ([143.106.7.165]:48456 "EHLO boneca.lsd.ic.unicamp.br" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762927AbXFZXas (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:30:48 -0400 To: david@lang.hm Cc: Al Boldi , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: <200706172319.22381.a1426z@gawab.com> <200706260717.19677.a1426z@gawab.com> <200706261344.23906.a1426z@gawab.com> From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:30:24 -0300 In-Reply-To: (david@lang.hm's message of "Tue\, 26 Jun 2007 13\:08\:52 -0700 \(PDT\)") 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: 1124 Lines: 27 On Jun 26, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: >> However, if the site takes the sources out, you're still responsible >> for providing sources to those who received the sources from you from >> that point on. Or something like that, IANAL ;-) > this sounds like a step backwards, you may not have the sources at > that point if you were relying on the other site to host them. You should have them. This provision is not an excuse from your obligations, it's just a pragmatic concession. > and by the way, internet access never was a barrier that could stop > someone from obtaining them Back when GPLv2 was written, it really was. -- 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/