Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

[Krzysztof Halasa]

"David Schwartz" <davids@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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