Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932148AbWATUQa (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:16:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932154AbWATUQa (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:16:30 -0500 Received: from master.soleranetworks.com ([67.137.28.188]:57531 "EHLO master.soleranetworks.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932148AbWATUQa (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:16:30 -0500 Message-ID: <43D12C28.1000003@wolfmountaingroup.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:30:00 -0700 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: "Jeff V. Merkey" Cc: Patrick McLean , Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux References: <43D114A8.4030900@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20060120111103.2ee5b531@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <43D13B2A.6020504@cs.ubishops.ca> <43D12A49.7040509@wolfmountaingroup.com> In-Reply-To: <43D12A49.7040509@wolfmountaingroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1242 Lines: 38 >> >> Also, given that several of the copyright holders in the kernel are >> dead, I don't think we will be able to obtain permission. > > > > I can do a ceremony and call them with an eagle bone whistle and a > Califonia Condor Feather. We can then ask them directly. > GPL2 is fine if the kernel stays that way for my projects. moving > forward, the patent retaliation clause is a great idea. > Jeff I called them at the sacred fire in my ceremony room with music from the bones of an eagle. They said whatever concensus is reached by the majority if fine with them. One of them said something about a woman wearing a crazy hat with a white ostrich feather in it he did not care for, but that was it. Jeff > >> >> - >> 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/ >> - 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/