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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:17:24 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>, david@...g.hm,
	Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 02:45:40AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>...
> > > AFAIK there haven't been any court rulings on this issue, and it could
> > > even be that courts in different countries will decide differently.
> > 
> > Agreed.
> 
> That in theory shouldn't happen as the conventions on copyright are
> supposed to stop that mess occuring.

Is there any way how this would be resolved?

I can easily imagine that two courts, no matter whether they are in the 
same or different countries, would decide differently in grey areas like 
non-GPL modules or the GPLv2 and private keys.

If the two courts are in the same country there's usually a higher court 
above both that can resolve this. But what if let's say the highest 
court in the USA and the highest court in Germany would disagree on such 
a matter?

cu
Adrian

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