Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 07 Aug 2004 13:19:09 +0300 | From | Jari Ruusu <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc3 - BSD licensing |
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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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