Re: GPL version, "at your option"?

[Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com>]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 03:08:35PM +0100, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote:
> I'm about to submit a patch for a new cipher mode called LRW, adding new
> code/files to the crypto tree. My question is, especially to the
> maintainers: Are you going to accept code covered by the terms:
> 
>  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>  * the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.

There's already quite some code that's only licensed with GPLv2. Look
for example at arch/arm/common/dmabounce.c which does the same as you
want but with slightly different words:

 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *  version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

If you are the author, you can choose the license you like.


Erik (IANAL, etc.)

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