From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760923AbYD2I5u (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:57:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754115AbYD2I5m (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:57:42 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:33804 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754047AbYD2I5k (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:57:40 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:50:15 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "pradeep singh rautela" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel? Message-ID: <20080429095015.2e05f470@core> In-Reply-To: <6bc632150804282237o1aa04e28t93f46874cd14721f@mail.gmail.com> References: <6bc632150804282237o1aa04e28t93f46874cd14721f@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:07:37 +0530 "pradeep singh rautela" 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