Humberto Massa wrote: > Everything that is not completely independent and extractable and beyond > any doubt non-historically-derived of Linus code is a derivative work > and, as such, can only be distributed under the terms of the GPLv2.
You're correct in that anything that's a derivative work of any GPLv2 code also cannot be distributed under GPLv3 or later. But it's going to be very interesting to figure out what code is a derivative work of what. Anyway, this seems rather theoretical. Arnoud -- Arnoud Engelfriet, Dutch patent attorney - Speaking only for myself Patents, copyright and IPR explained for techies: http://www.iusmentis.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
