From: Charles Cazabon <linux@discworld.dyndns.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL version, "at your option"?
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:40:29 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041116144029.GA6740@discworld.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1100614115.16127.16.camel@ghanima>
Fruhwirth Clemens <clemens@endorphin.org> wrote:
> Standard template for GPL licensing:
>
> "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; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
> option) any later version."
[snip]
That's only a recommendation by the FSF; many GPL-covered projects (including
the kernel and my own) do not use it.
The file COPYING in the kernel source says:
Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel
is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not
v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.
Charles
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-16 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-11-16 14:08 GPL version, "at your option"? Fruhwirth Clemens
2004-11-16 14:35 ` Erik Mouw
2004-11-16 14:58 ` Fruhwirth Clemens
2004-11-16 14:40 ` Charles Cazabon [this message]
2004-11-17 15:07 ` Alan Cox
2004-11-17 16:33 ` Michael Poole
2004-11-17 16:09 ` Alan Cox
2004-11-16 14:48 ` Tim Schmielau
2004-11-16 15:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-17 15:09 ` Alan Cox
2004-11-17 16:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-17 16:16 ` Alan Cox
2004-11-17 17:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-11-17 21:11 ` Jesper Juhl
2004-11-16 15:38 ` James Morris
2004-11-18 1:04 ` David Schwartz
2004-11-18 2:12 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-11-18 2:50 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-11-18 3:11 ` Kyle Moffett
2004-11-18 4:54 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-11-18 15:46 ` David Schwartz
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