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

[Bart Van Assche]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:37 AM, pradeep singh rautela
<rautelap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  A small query.
>  Can a module/file be Dual licensed(i.e BSD/GPLv2) in the upstream
>  Linux kernel sources?
>  I think it is GPLv2 only.
>
>  So does this means any dual licensed files should be aptly GPLv2 only?

There are already source files in the Linux kernel that are dual
licensed. See e.g. drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c. Note: not all
licenses are compatible. License compatibility is indeed not a topic
for the LKML mailing list.

Bart.
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