Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262855AbTELWLJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2003 18:11:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262878AbTELWLI (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2003 18:11:08 -0400 Received: from 216-239-45-4.google.com ([216.239.45.4]:38548 "EHLO 216-239-45-4.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262855AbTELWLF (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2003 18:11:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 15:23:39 -0700 From: Frank Cusack To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: MPPE in kernel? Message-ID: <20030512152339.E30310@google.com> References: <20030512045929.C29781@google.com> <200305121504.h4CF4EJ5007017@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200305121504.h4CF4EJ5007017@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>; from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu on Mon, May 12, 2003 at 11:04:14AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1519 Lines: 34 On Mon, May 12, 2003 at 11:04:14AM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Mon, 12 May 2003 04:59:29 PDT, Frank Cusack said: > > I've written a public domain implementation, which I'd be willing to > > relicense under GPL (although I don't see the point), but in any case > > Well.. there's a very good reason to relicense under GPL, or BSD, or X11-style. > > And that's to cover your ass from being sued. > > If you release it as "public domain", you waive *all* rights to it, including: > > 1) The right to prohibit or control what people do with it, including taking > it private and closed and making lots of money off it and basically ripping > you off. The code is trivial (compared to the effort required to use it in any larger application). I understand the value of this for the general case, though. > 2) You can't attach a "hold harmless" clause to it. So if you put it in > the public domain, since you don't have copyright on it anymore, you can't > say "as a condition of copying, you promise not to sue me if this software > turns your hair green". I thought public domain explicitly meant that you get what you pay for. Kind of like good samaritan laws. It'd be interesting to hear from any lawyers, are any on lkml? /fc - 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/