2020-02-06 15:49:12

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

Subject: [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file

Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree
really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought
otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software
engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
COPYING | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index da4cb28febe6..a635a38ef940 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst

for more details.
+
+All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
--
2.25.0

2020-02-06 16:02:11

by Gustavo A. R. Silva

Subject: Re: [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file

On 2/6/20 09:48, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree
> really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought
> otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software
> engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier.
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email protected]>

> ---
> COPYING | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
> index da4cb28febe6..a635a38ef940 100644
> --- a/COPYING
> +++ b/COPYING
> @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
> Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
>
> for more details.
> +
> +All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
>

2020-02-18 18:42:18

by Frank Rowand

Subject: Re: [PATCH] COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file

On 2/6/20 9:48 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Explicitly state that all contributions to the kernel source tree
> really are covered under this COPYING file in case someone thought
> otherwise. Lawyers love to be pedantic, even more so than software
> engineers at times, and this sentence makes them sleep easier.
>
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
> ---
> COPYING | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
> index da4cb28febe6..a635a38ef940 100644
> --- a/COPYING
> +++ b/COPYING
> @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ In addition, other licenses may also apply. Please see:
> Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
>
> for more details.
> +
> +All contributions to the Linux Kernel are subject to this COPYING file.
>

Reviewed-by: Frank Rowand <[email protected]>