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

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Message-ID: <ork5u2fgpz.fsf@oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Date:	Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:50:32 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On Jun 17, 2007, Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com> wrote:

> Under what circumstances would it be possible to receive permission for 
> modification?

You have to ask the copyright holder.

Affero did just that, and so the Affero GPL was born.

Just don't assume the FSF will grant such permissions lightly.

-- 
Alexandre Oliva         http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
FSF Latin America Board Member         http://www.fsfla.org/
Red Hat Compiler Engineer   aoliva@...dhat.com, gcc.gnu.org}
Free Software Evangelist  oliva@...d.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
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