Robert> This actually brings up an even bigger question.  When the
    Robert> kernel folks accepted the code into the kernel, which
    Robert> license did they choose ? The BSD license or the GPL
    Robert> license ? If it was the GPL license, then the code that is
    Robert> in kernel.org is the GPL-only fork.

The code in the kernel has the same license headers as the subversion
tree: dual GPL/BSD.

 - Roland