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From: pradeep singh rautela <rautelap@...>

To: Alan Cox <alan@...>

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Subject: Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?

Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 5:16 am

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
quoted text> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:07:37 +0530
>
> "pradeep singh rautela" <rautelap@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Hi All,
>  >
>  > A small query.
>  > Can a module/file be Dual licensed(i.e BSD/GPLv2) in the upstream
>  > Linux kernel sources?
>
>  The copy you submit to the kernel needs to be GPL. How you choose to
>  licence it in addition is your business (assuming it is all your own
>  work). Various drivers in the kernel (eg much of infiniband and ACPI) are
>  issued by their authors with multiple licences for different projects.

Thank you for kind explanation, Alan.
That helped a lot.

Regards,
   --Pradeep
quoted text>
>  Alan
>



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[Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, pradeep singh rautela, (Tue Apr 29, 1:37 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, Alan Cox, (Tue Apr 29, 4:50 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, pradeep singh rautela, (Tue Apr 29, 5:16 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, Bart Van Assche, (Tue Apr 29, 2:33 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, Greg KH, (Tue Apr 29, 1:53 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, pradeep singh rautela, (Tue Apr 29, 2:10 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, Hans J. Koch, (Tue Apr 29, 2:26 am)

RE: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, David Schwartz, (Thu May 1, 10:59 am)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, Pavel Machek, (Wed May 14, 11:28 am)

RE: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, David Schwartz, (Wed May 14, 7:36 pm)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, Pavel Machek, (Thu May 15, 2:23 pm)

Re: [Q]Can a file be dual licensed in upstream kernel?, pradeep singh rautela, (Tue Apr 29, 2:31 am)

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