Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262577AbUKLQvS (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:51:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262575AbUKLQtF (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:49:05 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([81.187.226.98]:28685 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262581AbUKLQrz (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:47:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:47:45 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reiser{3,4}: problem with the copyright statement Message-ID: <20041112164745.GB7308@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Linus Torvalds , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20041111012333.1b529478.akpm@osdl.org> <20041111214554.GB2310@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by phoenix.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1000 Lines: 21 On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:59:37PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > I have no problem with dual-licensed code, but I do strongly dislike > > having this "unlike you explicitley state otherwise, you transfer all > > rights to Hans Reiser" in the kernel. > > I don't see any reasonable alternatives. The alternative is for Hans > Reiser to not be able to merge with the kernel, which is kind of against > the _point_ of having a dual license. If you touch e.g. XFS for a non-trivial change you'll also get a mail from SGI politely asking to assign your copyright. Doing this implicit is IMHO a reall bad thing. IF you really think it's something we should do the least thing to do is to put a BIG WAIVER into every file for which this is in effect. - 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/