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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:31:13 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sean <seanlkml@...patico.ca>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>, 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 Jun 14, 2007, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com> writes:
>> On Jun 14, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hmm...  So, if someone takes one of the many GPLv2+ contributions and
>>>> makes improvements under GPLv3+, you're going to make an effort to
>>>> accept them, rather than rejecting them because they're under the
>>>> GPLv3?

>>> You *cannot* make GPLv3-only contributions to the kernel.

>> I can make improvements to GPLv2+ files under GPLv3 (or rather will,
>> after GPLv3 is published).

> You can do that, but you won't be able to distribute those changes along
> with the rest of the kernel.

I know.  Neither will Linus.  But he says he chose GPLv2 such that he
could, and the v2 is better than v3 in this regard.  What's wrong with
this picture?

-- 
Alexandre Oliva         http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
FSF Latin America Board Member         http://www.fsfla.org/
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