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

Alexandre Oliva
2007-06-17T20:50:48Z

On Jun 17, 2007, Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:

> Under what circumstances would it be possible to receive permission for
> modification?

You have to ask the copyright holder.

Affero did just that, and so the Affero GPL was born.

Just don't assume the FSF will grant such permissions lightly.

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