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

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Message-Id: <200706140125.24815.dtor@insightbb.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:25:23 -0400
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...ightbb.com>
To:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
Cc:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Bongani Hlope <bhlope@...b.co.za>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>,
	"david@...g.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 Wednesday 13 June 2007 21:59, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> > It *DOES* *NOT* say "All rights that you have". It says "All rights
> > that are granted you by this license".
> 
> I suggest you to reboot into memtest ;-)  The preamble of GPLv2 says:
> 
>   For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
>   gratis or for a fee, you must give the recipients
>   all the rights that you have.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So if I am a sole author of a program and I chose to distribute it under
GPL then all recepients will get _all_ my rights, including right to
re-license the program under BSD or a proprietory license? Yeah, riiight...

Thankfully it is just preamble and not the actual license text.
 
-- 
Dmitry
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