From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:50:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080429095015.2e05f470@core> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6bc632150804282237o1aa04e28t93f46874cd14721f@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:07:37 +0530
"pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@gmail.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.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-29 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-29 5:37 [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel? pradeep singh rautela
2008-04-29 5:53 ` Greg KH
2008-04-29 6:10 ` pradeep singh rautela
2008-04-29 6:26 ` Hans J. Koch
2008-04-29 6:31 ` pradeep singh rautela
2008-05-01 14:59 ` David Schwartz
2008-05-14 15:28 ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-14 23:36 ` David Schwartz
2008-05-15 18:23 ` Pavel Machek
2008-04-29 6:33 ` Bart Van Assche
2008-04-29 8:50 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-04-29 9:16 ` pradeep singh rautela
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