Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On 6/15/07, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > But COPYING *is* the entire text and starts with: "
> >                   GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> >                      Version 2, June 1991"
> >
> > so there is no confusion about the version.
>
> The version of the COPYING file (and the licence document), not of the
> licence on the code.

Using this logic one can say that Linux kernel is BSD or even public
domain and COPYING is there just for kicks.

--
Dmitry
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