Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:10:32 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: mdpoole@troilus.org
Cc: Flavio Stanchina <flavio@stanchina.net>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: more files with licenses that aren't GPL-compatible
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On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 05:05:22PM -0400, mdpoole@troilus.org wrote:
> Sure there is: To the extent that there is a real license problem,
> work with the copyright owner(s) for the files and binary blobs to
> resolve the problem.  If the copyright owner intentionally contributed
> them to Linux, they should be willing to resolve it by changing their
> license.  Contrary to your (and SCO's) allegations, kernel gatekeepers
> generally exercise care with respect to new contributions.
> 
> If you see a lit match in a movie theater, it is reasonable to ask the
> person to put it out *before* you shout "fire" and evacuate.

Greg has made it pretty clear that he intentionally accepted a GPL-
incomptible license.  So I wouldn't trust your Gatekeeper too much, it
seems some don't of them don't understand the GPL at all.

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