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

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Message-ID: <e2e108260804282333hefda3e1p485391d65a58fa21@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:33:37 +0200
From:	"Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@...il.com>
To:	"pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:37 AM, pradeep singh rautela
<rautelap@...il.com> wrote:
>  A small query.
>  Can a module/file be Dual licensed(i.e BSD/GPLv2) in the upstream
>  Linux kernel sources?
>  I think it is GPLv2 only.
>
>  So does this means any dual licensed files should be aptly GPLv2 only?

There are already source files in the Linux kernel that are dual
licensed. See e.g. drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c. Note: not all
licenses are compatible. License compatibility is indeed not a topic
for the LKML mailing list.

Bart.
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