Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 18:04:33 -0300 |
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On Jun 15, 2007, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 03:18:24PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> On Jun 15, 2007, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> wrote: >> >> > *OR* inherits the default license of the project. >> >> You got any case law for this? Seriously, I could use this for >> FSFLA's IRPF2007-Livre project. >> http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/freeing-the-lion
> Umm... What other license choices are there?
Where does it say that there must be one?
> No specific case law, but I'd expect serious [eventual] trouble for > somebody trying to slap some different license in such case.
Consider this (to make the freeing-the-lion story short):
Jar file with .class files, with a copy of LGPL in the root of the tree. No other license anywhere to be seen. Is it safe to assume the whole thing is under the LGPL?
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