On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 06:15:54PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote:
> Linus can't put additional restrictions on code he didn't write. If the
> authors licensed it under the GPL version 2 and "any later version", Linus
> can't re-release it under a more restrictive license. Read section 6
> carefully:
I suggest you read section 9, even more carefully. It's not an additional
restriction, it's a option that the license provides, which Linus chose.
Also read the preface of COPYING in the root directory of the kernel source.
(That has been there for a _long_ time btw).
Dave
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