On 3/15/06, Joseph Tate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/15/06, Tanner Lovelace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Only if you include paragraph 9 in the license you release your > > software under. From what I understand, this is what Linus has > > done with his contributions to the kernel. Other contributors may > > or may not have done the same, leading to a very interesting > > situation where parts of the kernel may be licensable under GPLv3 > > and other parts may not be. > > > > Therein is another legal quandary. The GPL at > http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php says that you are > allowed to copy and redistribute the GPL text verbatim, but no > modifications are allowed. Therefore omitting paragraph nine would > not be allowed. So much for freedom. :)
But in this case it doesn't matter since the condition triggering the automatic re-licensing under later versions of the GPL hasn't been met. Here's the linux kernel license in pseudo code: license_version="v.2" call gplv2(license_version) define gplv2(license_version) #Section 9 if (contains(license_version,"any later version") then license_in_effect=ask_user_which_license_starting_with(license_version) call license_in_effect() return endif That if leg NEVER comes into effect. -- Rick DeNatale Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
