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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:55:17 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Alexandre Oliva" <aoliva@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Paulo Marques" <pmarques@...popie.com>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Bernd Paysan" <bernd.paysan@....de>,
	"Krzysztof Halasa" <khc@...waw.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On 6/14/07, Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 2007, Paulo Marques <pmarques@...popie.com> wrote:
>
> > $ find -name "*.c" | xargs grep "any later version" | wc -l
> > 3138
> > $ find -name "*.c" | wc -l
> > 9482
>
> How many of these don't mention version 2?
>

It does not matter. GPL v2 and later can be reduced to v2 by
recepient. Linus did just that so unless individual source file
explicitely carries "and later" it is v2.

-- 
Dmitry
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