Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754137Ab3ESK5R (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 May 2013 06:57:17 -0400 Received: from mail-ie0-f170.google.com ([209.85.223.170]:39168 "EHLO mail-ie0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753858Ab3ESK5P (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 May 2013 06:57:15 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <51972CAF.3060802@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 11:57:15 +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: Ian Stirling Cc: legal@lists.gpl-violations.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List 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: 1802 Lines: 45 On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ian Stirling wrote: > On 18.05.2013 19:27, luke.leighton wrote: > >> question: what is the procedure for having that licensing explicitly >> added to the linux kernel sources? > > > Fork the kernel, and put it up on a repo somewhere that says you're trying > to get it all as > GPL3. pay me $100k per year to set up a foundation which maintains that code and i will do so. not going to happen, is it ian? i was initially quite pissed at the rest of what you wrote, especially at its sarcasm. but then it occurred to me that it is highly indicative of a feeling of dis-empowerment that everyone feels in the linux kernel community. you felt - ian - that what i want to do cannot be done by *anyone* - presumably because Linus Has Spoken. or perhaps because the scale of the task is beyond you. but i'm not interested in any of that. i've made a decision. and my question was very very specific. i wish to know the procedure by which my formally and publicly announced release of all linux kernel contributions under the dual licenses of GPLv2 and GPLv3+ may be entered - formally - upstream and into the linux kernel sources being maintained on git.kernel.org i don't give a fuck about what anybody else may choose; i do not give a fuck about the timescales. i want *MY* choice to be respected: *MY* code contributions under the GPLv2 and GPLv3+ and have that properly recorded. so. could someone please inform me what the procedure is: is it as simple as submitting a patch? 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/