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Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS

Posted Jun 12, 2007 19:54 UTC (Tue) by yokem_55 (guest, #10498)
In reply to: Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS by cpeterso
Parent article: Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS

The kernel as a complete work is GPL V2 only. Many of the individual files in the source though have the V2 or later language in them. So, if a relicensing project were started to bring the complete work of the kernel to GPL V3, those files would already be taken care of.

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