Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Aug 2004 06:38:24 -0400 | From | Patrick McFarland <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc3 - BSD licensing |
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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 > > > > -- > Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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