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

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Message-ID: <orwsy6b9mo.fsf@oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:48:15 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
Cc:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>,
	"david\@lang.hm" <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 Jun 14, 2007, lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 02:26:30PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> In the program you received under GPLv1.
>> 
>> Hey, you said there was code under GPLv1.1 in the Linux tree.  Then,
>> there should be a copy of GPLv1.1 in there, otherwise AFAICT the
>> distribution of that code is copyright infringement.  IANAL.

> So now the copy of the GPL v2 isn't good enough for the GPLv1.1 code?

If it exists and it's 1.1-only, I believe it wouldn't, but IANAL.

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