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Message-ID: <m3tzt7u1ro.fsf@maximus.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:39:55 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@...o.cam.ac.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Carlo Wood <carlo@...noe.com>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu>,
	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

Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@...o.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> So you have to give recipients the license text from a particular
> version of the GPL.  To make that the only version unde which the work
> is licensed, you have to add something like "Licensed under the
> GPLv2".  Otherwise sec. 9 says that you offer the work under any
> version of the GPL, and the licensee can take his or her pick -- even
> using v1 (!).

That's exactly what I meant by "not specifying the version".
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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