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

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Message-ID: <6bc632150804290216j434e51fel255e7f76b0a50b0b@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:46:18 +0530
From:	"pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@...il.com>
To:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:07:37 +0530
>
> "pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@...il.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Hi All,
>  >
>  > A small query.
>  > Can a module/file be Dual licensed(i.e BSD/GPLv2) in the upstream
>  > Linux kernel sources?
>
>  The copy you submit to the kernel needs to be GPL. How you choose to
>  licence it in addition is your business (assuming it is all your own
>  work). Various drivers in the kernel (eg much of infiniband and ACPI) are
>  issued by their authors with multiple licences for different projects.

Thank you for kind explanation, Alan.
That helped a lot.

Regards,
   --Pradeep
>
>  Alan
>



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