Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 2003 12:37:45 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Promise SATA driver GPL'd |
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 12:12:28PM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > There are _many_ people that have a copyright on parts of the Linux > > kernel (the exact number might be different in different countries due > > to different copyright laws). To change the copyright to anything other > > than GPL v2 is practically impossible (even if a new version of the GPL > > might fix the deficits you mentioned). > > How about the "or, at your option, any later version" clause in the GPL?
This clause is not part of the GPL, it's only a suggestion on how to copyright your code.
COPYING in the kernel sources includes an explict statement.
cu Adrian
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