From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268116AbUHFJrI (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 05:47:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268113AbUHFJrI (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 05:47:08 -0400 Received: from tarjoilu.luukku.com ([194.215.205.232]:7071 "EHLO tarjoilu.luukku.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268116AbUHFJq4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Aug 2004 05:46:56 -0400 Message-ID: <411353B3.B8748556@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:47:31 +0300 From: Jari Ruusu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.22aa1r7 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Fruhwirth Clemens , James Morris , Kernel Mailing List , "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc3 - BSD licensing References: <1091644663.21675.51.camel@ghanima> <1091647612.24215.12.camel@ghanima> <411228FF.485E4D07@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > You're saying that you consider Gladman's original AES license to be > GPL-compatible (ie a subset of it)? That's fine - apparently the FSF > agrees. Yes, it is GPL-compatible. > However, that is incompatible with you then complaining when it gets > released under the GPL. If the original license was a proper subset of the > GPL, then it can _always_ be re-released under the GPL, and you don't have > anything to complain about. Linus, you are mixing two completely different rights here; re-distribution right and re-licensing right. Original license grants you GPL-compatible re-distribution rights, which means that the code can be distributed and linked with GPL code just fine. To relicense the code under more restrictive license you need permission from all authors of the code. You clearly do not have such permission from all authors. Therefore, you can not re-license the code. -- Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD