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

Nicolas Mailhot
2007-06-15T15:06:04Z

> And, as I've taken the time to explain to you, lacking any clear
> statement, written at the exact same time as the license, a
statement of
> intent or spirit cannot have any real legal weight when the text of a
> license is finally decided upon.

Fortunately the Law recognizes humans are not computers, natural
langage is not unambiguous binary code, so statements of intent *have*
legal value when a legal text is open to interpretations.

That's why ten-line law paragraphs are published with the hundreds of
pages of parliamentary discussions on them, which the judge will
consider if there's any doubt in his mind.

--
Nicolas Mailhot