On 3/15/06, Rick DeNatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Linus Torvalds maintains that this means that unless a program > explicitly states that it is licensed under GPL v2.0 OR ANY LATER > VERSION then later versions can not be applied. He also states that > the source code has always been marked as being licensed under GPL > V2.0 > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/1/25/273 >
Note, btw, that not all kernel contributors agree with Linus. Linus apparently added the v2 only language for version 2.4.0-test8 [1] and Alan Cox believes that it was not done with other kernel contributors permission and therefore only affects Linus's contributions [2]. More info about the entire thing can be found at [3]. [1] http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0009.1/0096.html [2] http://lwn.net/Articles/169831/ [3] http://lwn.net/Articles/169797/ Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- 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/
