Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc3 - BSD licensing

[Patrick McFarland <diablod3@gmail.com>]

Ouch. I knew Linus was right all along. ;)
However, Jari, you can still request people not use your code in a not
legally enforcable way; and I'm sure Linus would have followed that
request. But thankfully, we can use your code, and it's just a moot
point.

On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:19:09 +0300, Jari Ruusu
<jariruusu@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> > > Linus, you are mixing two completely different rights here;
> > > re-distribution right and re-licensing right.
> >
> > Ehh.. You're wrong.
> 
> Yep. I goofed.
> 
> > You haven't even read the GPL, have you?
> 
> I read it in 1995. Obviously too many years have passed since then.
> 
> > So when you claim that the code isn't GPL-compatible, and at the same time
> > claim that we can't re-license it under the GPL, you are very very
> > confused indeed. Either it is GPL-compatible, or it is not. And if it is
> > GPL-compatible, that ABSOLUTELY means that it can be relicensed under the
> > GPL.
> 
> Yep. I don't have any other choice here than to permit re-licencing the
> code. My 04-Aug-2004 18:04:46 +0300 posting where I denied re-licencing
> right was completely wrong. I'm sorry about that.
> 
> For loop-AES users I uploaded a patch here that updates licenses to be
> GPL-compatible:  http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/updates/aes-GPL.diff
> 
> 
> 
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