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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:38:32 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@...master.com> To: <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> Cc: "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: The GPL: No shelter for the Linux kernel? > Now that you raise it: I think developers can already have done that > if they wish - properly name author and conditions who may possibly > change the license to what. Not that I have seen such code yet, but you > never know. > > Jan Engelhardt That's true. Nothing prevents a kernel contributor from including with his code an offer to license that same code under different conditions. However, the more I think about Linus' point, the more I realize how hard it is to write such an offer that wouldn't be likely to do more harm than good. DS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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