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

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Message-Id: <200706151056.33381.bernd.paysan@gmx.de>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:56:31 +0200
From:	Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@....de>
To:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>, 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 Friday 15 June 2007 00:36, Daniel Hazelton wrote:
> A hundred or so messages back someone stated that the parport driver in
> Linux is GPLv1.1

Probably a misinterpretation - there are comments in the parport driver 
mentioning the GFDL version 1.1. If you just grep through, you might think 
it's GPL version 1.1 (but the code is really v2 or later).

-- 
Bernd Paysan
"If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself"
http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

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