Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:31:37 +0100 |
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"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes:
> I don't think you can lock a person down to a single version of the GPL > unless you explicitly say so in each individual file. Otherwise, nothing > prevents someone from separating out one file and distributing it, kicking > in clause 9's rule about a Program that does not specify a version number.
Nope. If you don't have a licence to use that single file, you can't use it (distribute etc.) at all. So you basically choose between that single version of GPL or nothing. -- Krzysztof Halasa - 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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