Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

Alexandre Oliva
2007-06-15T02:32:47Z

On Jun 14, 2007, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@cmu.edu> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>> On Jun 14, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmm... So, if someone takes one of the many GPLv2+ contributions and
>>>> makes improvements under GPLv3+, you're going to make an effort to
>>>> accept them, rather than rejecting them because they're under the
>>>> GPLv3?

>>> You *cannot* make GPLv3-only contributions to the kernel.

>> I can make improvements to GPLv2+ files under GPLv3 (or rather will,
>> after GPLv3 is published).

> You can do that, but you won't be able to distribute those changes along
> with the rest of the kernel.

I know. Neither will Linus. But he says he chose GPLv2 such that he
could, and the v2 is better than v3 in this regard. What's wrong with
this picture?

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