linux-kernel - Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?

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Message-ID: <6bc632150804282310yf2a3bfm5a5e89e5ed4af165@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:40:26 +0530
From:	"pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@...il.com>
To:	"Greg KH" <greg@...ah.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:07:37AM +0530, pradeep [snip]
>  > Can a module/file be Dual licensed(i.e BSD/GPLv2) in the upstream
>  > Linux kernel sources?
>
>  Are you somehow not believing the files that we have in the tree that
>  are licensed this way?
>  > I think it is GPLv2 only.
>
>  Licensing questions would be better off asked to lawyers, not
>  programmers.  Would you ask a random group of lawyers on a public
>  mailing list medical questions and trust their responses?

Um... apologies Greg.I did not mean that in any sense.I am a
programmer not a lawyer. I am asking to get clear understanding of the
licensing issues and I myself do not have any good understanding on
dual licensing Vs GPLv2 licensing in Linux kernel.

Thought what's better than hearing it straight from the dragon's mouth!!!.

Sorry for the noise.

Thanks,
         --Pradeep
>
>  good luck,
>
>  greg k-h
>

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