linux-kernel - Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

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Message-Id: <200706100956.50440.dhazelton@enter.net>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:56:50 -0400
From:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>, Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On Sunday 10 June 2007 09:40:23 Alan Cox wrote:
> > But I think this is largely academic.  You only need a fairly small
> > number of fairly significant contributors to say "no" and the rest of
> > the process would be pointless.  And at last count, the number of
> > kernel people who were not keen on GPLv3 was fairly high.  Of course
> > no-one knows for certain yet what the final GPLv3 will be, and maybe
> > lots of people would change their mind when it comes out.
>
> You can take a fair bet someone will say no, or much more likely they or
> whoever inherited their copyright will say $50,000

I seeds shades of Merkey there :P

Seriously, though, this was all settled a long time ago. Linus said "While 
individual parts of the kernel *could* be licensed [with another license] the 
kernel as a whole is strictly GPLv2" (I've tried to get it right, but my 
memory isn't as good as it used to be when it comes to useful quotes like 
that)

DRH
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