Re: GPL version, "at your option"?

[Kyle Moffett]

On Nov 17, 2004, at 21:50, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Yes, but the additions I made will be GPLv3 only (no sources). So I 
> will
> gladly provide you with the sources off kernel.org and you will never 
> see
> the sources for a driver I wrote. See?

What about section 2, subsection B of the GPL:
> b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
>     whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
>     part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
>     parties under the terms of this License.

"this License", would refer to the specific version of the license.  
This means
that since the original code is dual-licensed under both versions, any 
code
that is a derivative work must _also_ be dual-licensed (This assumes of
course that the other license has a similar clause).  In any case, any 
work
derived from a GPLv2'ed work must also be licensable under the GPLv2.
Therefore, my request for _your_ source-code under the GPLv2 is 
perfectly
valid.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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