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

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:18:47 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <oliva@....ic.unicamp.br>
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 26, 2007, Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com> wrote:

>> Is it in the spirit of GPLv2?

> No, but that's besides the point.

Thanks for informing me about the point *I*'m trying to make ;-)

> You can only hold people responsible for the letter, lest there be chaos.

That's not *quite* how it works, but that's a general idea, yes.

>> How are the sources passed on in this way going to benefit the user or the
>> community?

> They still have to provide the source by other GPL means of their choosing.

This is contradictory.  You said the scenario I described was
permitted, and the scenario included the vendor's refusal to give
customers other copies of the sources.

Which is it?

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