Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262579AbUKLROH (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:14:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262592AbUKLRMb (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:12:31 -0500 Received: from phoenix.infradead.org ([81.187.226.98]:30989 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262588AbUKLRGj (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:06:39 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:06:36 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Linus Torvalds , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Reiser{3,4}: problem with the copyright statement Message-ID: <20041112170636.GA7689@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> <20041112164745.GB7308@infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041112164745.GB7308@infradead.org> 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: 1108 Lines: 22 On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 04:47:45PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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 really bad thing. Btw, reiser3 handling was similar. At least Hans wanted an assigment from me for even really trivial changes (which I still insist aren't copyrightable) - 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/