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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:22:29 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Michael Gerdau <mgd@...hnosis.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	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>
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

* Michael Gerdau <mgd@...hnosis.de> wrote:

> > What matters is *my* intent in *choosing* the GPLv2, not *his* 
> > intent in writing it.
> 
> I beg to differ. By adopting _his_ license you adopted his view. [...]

ianal, but fortunately that's not what the law is. The license says what 
it says, and that is what controls. The intent of the author (of Linus 
and other copyright holders) is a secondary source of information /if 
and only if/ any ambiguity of meaning arises (as determined by a judge, 
not by you or me). But the opinion and intent of RMS (unless adopted by 
Linus) is quite immaterial.

( there is a legalistic special-case. If any dispute arises over
  what license the COPYING file in Linux itself (and only that file) is 
  under, then the intent of RMS matters too, but only for that limited
  matter for that single file. Btw., the COPYING file itself is not 
  licensed under the GPL. )

	Ingo
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/