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

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Message-ID: <9a8748490706101447g54e9ac65yb1c81cf1249849da@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:47:50 +0200
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"James Bruce" <bruce@...rew.cmu.edu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Tarkan Erimer" <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	"debian developer" <debiandev@...il.com>,
	"david@...g.hm" <david@...g.hm>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	greg@...ah.com
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On 10/06/07, James Bruce <bruce@...rew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> [ snip ]
> > I consider dual-licensing unlikely (and technically quite hard), but at
> > least _possible_ in theory. I have yet to see any actual *reasons* for
> > licensing under the GPLv3, though.
> [ snip ]
>
> One thing that would make that easier in the future is if contributers
> at least started to dual-license their submissions.  I.e. if instead
> of "GPL version 2", one could say "GPL version 2 or GPL version 3".
> It isn't the same thing as the problematic "GPL version 2 or later",
> because the developer is not agreeing to an unseen license (GPLv4,
> etc).  What it does do is make it easier to move to GPLv3 a few years
> from now, if that is decided then, as a significant fraction of the
> code will already be GPLv3 compatible.  That way, if a reason is ever
> found to move to v3, at least some of the work will already be done.
>
Good luck convincing all contributors to do that.

Personally I'm happy with GPL v2, and I for one won't be
dual-licensing anything I contribute until I see a clear benefit of
doing so (and I don't yet).

In any case, this whole debate is still a bit premature since GPL v3
has not even arrived in its final form yet.

-- 
Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
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