Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264015AbTFPPsI (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:48:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264023AbTFPPsI (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:48:08 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:12168 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264015AbTFPPsF (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:48:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:04:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Patrick Mochel cc: Christoph Hellwig , torvalds@transmeta.com, david-b@pacbell.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GFDL in the kernel tree In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1493 Lines: 43 On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Patrick Mochel wrote: > > > (3) Documentation/kobject.txt, the other files claims it's under > > GFDL but doesn't actually include the license text as mandated > > by the GFDL. > > > > And of course there's still all those nasty issue with GFDL like > > invariant sections and cover texts that make at least the debian-devel > > list believe it's an unfree license.. > > > > Folks, could we please only use GPL-compatible licenses in the kernel > > tree? > > No problem, I'll remove it from kobject.txt. > > > -pat > Can someone explain what a "GPL-compatible" license is? Not to open old sores, but I should be able to provide a license that states; "Anybody can use this text for any purpose whatsoever as long as they keep my name within." However, It has been recently stated that this is not "GPL compatible", that you must refer to the exact version of the "GPL" license to have something "GPL" compatible. This will prevent a lot of good software from being included within the kernel, in addition to Linus's software if taken seriously. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it. - 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/