Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752738Ab3ERS1W (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 May 2013 14:27:22 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f169.google.com ([209.85.223.169]:58735 "EHLO mail-ie0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752402Ab3ERS1V (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 May 2013 14:27:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <51972CAF.3060802@gmail.com> References: <51972CAF.3060802@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 19:27:21 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Would like to form a pool of Linux copyright holders for faster GPL enforcement against Anthrax Kernels From: "luke.leighton" To: Eric Appleman Cc: legal@lists.gpl-violations.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2947 Lines: 66 On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 8:24 AM, Eric Appleman wrote: > Would anyone be interested in forming such a pool? count me in. > Last I checked, I have 1 long-time poster of this list on board. Would > anyone else like to join? Ideally I'd like to get the LKML (which I have > CC'd) involved so that authors of critical Linux components be a part of > this. I'm not sure if my defconfig commits to Android kernel branches count > as contributions, even if you did not explicitly put "Copyright (C) {your name}" in them, you still retain copyright. depending on the country you are in you cannot even get rid of the copyright even if you say "i forever renounce irrevocably and without restriction or limitation all copyright and place this into the public domain signed me" - you have to actively assign the copyright to someone else. > so I'm not going to consider myself a Linux contributor > unless told otherwise. you wrote something that's copyrighted. therefore you're a copyright holder [therefore automatically any copyright violator must request your permission to have their GPLv2 license rights reinstated]. my linux kernel modifications are small, too - they sort of winged their way by a slow process of migration into tmpfs by way of selinux xattrs. and there are likely some unattributed contributions that came from the xanadux.sf.net project originally (depending on whether they were picked up or not over time) but that makes no odds: i am still a copyright holder, ergo a contributor, ergo i'd like to be included in the pool please. > This pool would be used in the following manner: > > * Formally requesting source for binaries (means to request source > * Formally requesting removal of critical copyrighted code that Linux cannot > function without > * Informing interested parties with respect to refusals of the above it would also serve as a useful point of contact for criminal copyright violators wishing to have their license rights reinstated. also it would serve as a good starting point to be able to contact large numbers of people wishing to explicitly dual-license their code contributions to the linux kernel. actually, that's a good point. please can it be specifically noted, from this moment onwards, that all contributions that i have made to the linux kernel are dual-licensed under both the GPLv2 and also the GPLv3+ license? someone has to start somewhere on this. it doesn't matter if it takes 20 years for all GPLv2-exlusive contributions to be made obselete, deleted or replaced: a start has to be made. question: what is the procedure for having that licensing explicitly added to the linux kernel sources? l. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/