From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262363AbUKQQOy (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:14:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262364AbUKQQOl (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:14:41 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:55524 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262363AbUKQQNM (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:13:12 -0500 Subject: Re: GPL version, "at your option"? From: Alan Cox To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Tim Schmielau , Fruhwirth Clemens , Linux Kernel Mailing List , James Morris In-Reply-To: References: <1100614115.16127.16.camel@ghanima> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1100704183.32677.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:09:47 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Maw, 2004-11-16 at 15:46, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Indeed. See the main COPYING file for the whole kerrnel. So if you don't > explicitly state otherwise, the kernel by _default_ is v2 only. Bollocks it is. All the code I submitted I've submitted under the GPL, the real GPL not the Linus one. All the code I submitted prior to your change and all the code I and everyone else submitted prior to that change you have no authorisation or right to claim ownership and relicensing rights over beyond those originally granted. As such you have no right to restrict them or to claim they are GPLv2 only. Alan