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    SubjectRe: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders
    On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 11:57:31PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
    > Clause 9 is clear and is part of the GPL v2. The GPL v2 text gives
    > people (including you) that right itself if no version is specified in
    > the program. You and the other authors granted that right if you didn't
    > include a statement about version. Now as it happens various
    > contributors specified versions long ago and you clarified it too.

    Alan, Linus,

    I have indicated my wish to have my code GPL-2 only in 2000. Linus,
    declined to change the files. My intention has been for the
    past 5 and a half years to have my code GPL-2 only, only the
    files don't reflect that change yet.

    REW wrote on Fri, 8 Sep 2000 23:17:09 +0200 (MEST):
    > Linus,

    > I trust YOU on this. Could you change

    > * 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.

    > into

    > * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    > * version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

    > for all the files that I own copyright on?


    Linus answered on: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 09:29:01 +0200 (MEST)
    > Thanks. For the moment, I'd rather like to not do any extra changes, and
    > see what the reaction from the FSF and other people is - let's not hurry
    > into this any faster than we have to. I wanted to make a public statement
    > because I thought it needed to be done, but at the same time I do not want
    > to make a rift between Linux and the FSF bigger than necessary.
    >
    > So let this lie for a while, and see what happens, ok?

    Roger.

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