From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sam Vilain Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add clarification of existing GPLv2 license terms to manual pages Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:06 +1200 Message-ID: <44232CAE.2040102@vilain.net> References: <20060323015847.4624.61707.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <20060323215759.GW18185@pasky.or.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Mar 24 00:18:38 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FMZ4W-0005ub-7w for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:18:28 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932555AbWCWXSW (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:18:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932554AbWCWXSW (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:18:22 -0500 Received: from watts.utsl.gen.nz ([202.78.240.73]:36998 "EHLO watts.utsl.gen.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932555AbWCWXSV (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:18:21 -0500 Received: by watts.utsl.gen.nz (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 2E9B15388; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:14 +1200 (NZST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (longdrop.watts.utsl.gen.nz [192.168.255.49]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by watts.utsl.gen.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29ABF3938; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 11:18:07 +1200 (NZST) User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: Petr Baudis In-Reply-To: <20060323215759.GW18185@pasky.or.cz> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on mail.watts.utsl.gen.nz X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Petr Baudis wrote: > Dear diary, on Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 02:58:50AM CET, I got a letter > where Sam Vilain said that... > >>The GPLv3 is less ambiguous on these things, but a decision on the use >>of GPLv3 has already been deferred. > > > Was it? > > My fulltext =git mailbox search doesn't yield any matches at all. I refer to this section from COPYING: Note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as this project is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated. HOWEVER, in order to allow a migration to GPLv3 if that seems like a good idea, I also ask that people involved with the project make their preferences known. In particular, if you trust me to make that decision, you might note so in your copyright message, ie something like This file is licensed under the GPL v2, or a later version at the discretion of Linus. might avoid issues. But we can also just decide to synchronize and contact all copyright holders on record if/when the occasion arises. Linus Torvalds This may become problematic if any of the copyright holders start becoming Old Ones or otherwise not being contactable... Sam.