Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757852AbXICJVi (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:21:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754683AbXICJVa (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:21:30 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:3136 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753045AbXICJVa (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 05:21:30 -0400 Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:21:10 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" To: linux-kernel-owner+davids=40webmaster.com-S1754697AbXICI7Q@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff Garzik" , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Message-ID: X-Mailer: WorldClient 8.1.3 In-Reply-To: <46DBCCD2.70800@garzik.org> References: <46DBCCD2.70800@garzik.org> X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:21:13 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 216.152.64.169 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:21:14 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 976 Lines: 28 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Secondary parties have the power to grant or modify rights, if > delegated > to them by the original author. Yes, but this has to be done in writing and neither the BSD nor the GPL license claim to allow this. > Relicensing and transfer of rights happens all the time. How do you > think most music gets into consumer hands? Through written agreements to permit this. Neither the BSD nor the GPL license do. You cannot revoke someone's GPL rights to code you did not write because they flow directly from the original author to the recipient. The GPL is quite clear, you do not grant a license to anyone else's code, the original author does. This is why the GPL does not need to be in writing. DS - 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/