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

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Message-ID: <m3r6oeceei.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:19:49 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	"Alexandre Oliva" <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	"Paulo Marques" <pmarques@...popie.com>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Bernd Paysan" <bernd.paysan@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> writes:

> 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.

Well, if it said "licenced under GPL" it would mean any GPL.
Though it's probably uncommon.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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