Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Nov 2004 08:40:29 -0600 | From | Charles Cazabon <> | Subject | Re: GPL version, "at your option"? |
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Fruhwirth Clemens <clemens@endorphin.org> wrote: > Standard template for GPL licensing: > > "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the > Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your > option) any later version." [snip]
That's only a recommendation by the FSF; many GPL-covered projects (including the kernel and my own) do not use it.
The file COPYING in the kernel source says:
Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.
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