On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:33:36 +0100 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Interesting point. But the statement would apply certainly to > Linus' own contributions. And that would preclude distribution > of anything containing those contributions under anything but GPLv2 > I think. But if you can take out his code (and any other that's > GPLv2 only), you'd be free to apply GPLv3 if and when it comes out. Indeed. There are parts under * GPLv2 only * GPLv2 or later * other GPLv2-compatible licenses (such as, if I recall correctly, 3-clause BSD, X11, ...) As a consequence, Linux (as a whole) is under "GPLv2 only". -- Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. ...................................................................... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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