Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS

Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS

Posted Jun 12, 2007 18:27 UTC (Tue) by cpeterso (guest, #305)
In reply to: Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS by JoeBuck
Parent article: Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS

Furthermore the kernel already has a lot of "GPLv2 or any later version" code.

I thought the kernel code was licensed under GPLv2 only? http://lxr.linux.no/source/COPYING

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.

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Linus on GPLv3 and ZFS

Posted Jun 12, 2007 19:54 UTC (Tue) by yokem_55 (subscriber, #10498) [Link]

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.