linux-kernel - Re: Is the PCI serial driver code GPL v2 or v3

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Date:	Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:20:46 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Peter Alfredsen <loki_val@...too.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Lee Howard <lee.howard@...npine.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is the PCI serial driver code GPL v2 or v3

On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 07:12:50PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> It was based upon the original serial.c by Ted T'so, but with some
> reworking to add a separate quirks table, and quite a number of cleanups.
> 
> My personal position is that code I author is GPLv2, and not GPLv2 or
> later.  So it's a question whether you consider that I'm the author
> of the code in that file, or whether you think it's Ted's with my
> contributions were under Ted's original terms.

My personal opinion has also always been GPLv2, and not GPLv2 or
later.  So I'm a bit puzzled as to where the GPLV2+ language came
from....

						- Ted
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