Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030241AbWA0Cxs (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:53:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030260AbWA0Cxs (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:53:48 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:39559 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030241AbWA0Cxr (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:53:47 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:53:37 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: David Schwartz Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders Message-ID: <20060127025337.GA19059@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , David Schwartz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20060127022353.GF16422@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 652 Lines: 18 On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 06:37:28PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > He cannot, however, change the license on any code he did not write. Explain how exactly Linus is 'changing' anything ? The license of the project is clearly stated in the top-level of the tree. If the person submitting code (to *any* project) doesn't read the license that's the submitters problem, not the project maintainer. Dave - 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/