Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:57:39 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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> No, you do receive the license from the person or entity you received > the program. You have an _option_ to go to the original author and get > copy of original code with original license (or maybe other license).
You receive the licence from the original author. The GPL contains no text allowing a third party to grant new licences.
You may well receive the COPYING file from a different party. The licence may well place duties on the person who supplied you but the actual right to use comes from the original author.
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