Re: GPL version, "at your option"?

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Wed Nov 17 2004 - 21:52:01 EST


On Wednesday 17 November 2004 09:12 pm, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> >       Suppose GPL version 3 has no requirement that you make the source
> > available. I can then ship Linux without making any source available
> > at all
> > by claiming that I'm using that later version at my option.
>
> And I can equally legally demand the sources under GPL version 2, at my
> option, and you will be forced to give them to me, not at your option
> :-D.

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?

--
Dmitry
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