Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269811AbUJSUEx (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:04:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269683AbUJSUDR (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:03:17 -0400 Received: from c7ns3.center7.com ([216.250.142.14]:36271 "EHLO smtp.slc03.viawest.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269811AbUJSUC4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:02:56 -0400 Message-ID: <41756A1E.9040106@drdos.com> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 13:25:18 -0600 From: "Jeff V. Merkey" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040510 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Cc: Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.9 and GPL Buyout References: <417550FB.8020404@drdos.com> <20041019195554.GK23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20041019195554.GK23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1378 Lines: 48 viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: >On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 11:38:03AM -0600, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > >>On a side note, the GPL buyout previously offered has been modified. We >>will be contacting >>individual contributors and negotiating with each copyright holder for >>the code we wish to >>convert on a case by case basis. The remaining portions of code will >>remain GPL >> >> > >... thus making the result impossible to distribute unless you satisfy all >requirements imposed by GPL. Have fun. > >Oh, and don't bother contacting me regarding any code I'd worked on - the >answer hadn't changed. If English translation had been unclear, maybe the >original will help: poshel ty na huj so swoimi predlozheniyami. > > Cherokee: U-ne-la-nv-hi U-da-do-li-s-di Ka-ne i-s-di Go-we-la-i Do-na-da Go-Hv-i Go-li-ga-hi Ni-go-di-s-ge-di Translation: Bless you for your frank answer, and your words. Til meet meet again and I understand that's just the way it is. The GPL code will remain GPL and the license will be complied with -- to the letter. Wa-do Jeff Wa-ya Ge-tlv-hv-s-di (The wolf that howls) - 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/