Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders

[Filip Brcic]

ÐÐÐÐ Thursday 26 January 2006 18:59, Paul Jakma ÑÐ ÐÐÐÐÑÐÐ(ÐÐ):
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > In other words: the _default_ license strategy is always just the
> > particular version of the GPL that accompanies a project. If you
> > want to license a program under _any_ later version of the GPL, you
> > have to state so explicitly. Linux never did.
>
> That's not what section 9 seems to say. The default is "any version
> you like".

That's right, but

 Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel
 is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not
 v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.

Linux specifies version GPLv2 and only v2. Therefore, for Linux the GPLv2 is 
the default.

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