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

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Message-ID: <d120d5000706150752n72668be2qf5b56b43cb253174@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:52:27 -0400
From:	"Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	"Paulo Marques" <pmarques@...popie.com>,
	"Bernd Paysan" <bernd.paysan@....de>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	"Krzysztof Halasa" <khc@...waw.pl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On 6/15/07, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > But COPYING *is* the entire text and starts with: "
> >                   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> >                      Version 2, June 1991"
> >
> > so there is no confusion about the version.
>
> The version of the COPYING file (and the licence document), not of the
> licence on the code.
>

Using this logic one can say that Linux kernel is BSD or even public
domain and COPYING is there just for kicks.

-- 
Dmitry
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