Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | Florian Weimer <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | Date | Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:19:40 +0200 |
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* Linus Torvalds:
> I consider dual-licensing unlikely (and technically quite hard), but at > least _possible_ in theory. I have yet to see any actual *reasons* for > licensing under the GPLv3, though. All I've heard are shrill voices about > "tivoization" (which I expressly think is ok)
In a strange twist, the last-call draft contains a clause that expressly permits some forms of "tivoization", provided a suitable contractual arrangement exists ("Basic Permissions", second paragraph).
Now a lot of the free software market follows this "sell yourself into slavery" model (and even the FSF recommends to make money this way), but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to state it so plainly in the license. - 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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