Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161160AbWI1Op6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:45:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161161AbWI1Op6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:45:58 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:62859 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161160AbWI1Op5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:45:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:45:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Jeff Garzik cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn_Engel?= , Chase Venters , Theodore Tso , Alan Cox , Jan Engelhardt , Sergey Panov , James Bottomley , linux-kernel Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement In-Reply-To: <451B9C1F.2040101@garzik.org> Message-ID: References: <1159319508.16507.15.camel@sipan.sipan.org> <1159342569.2653.30.camel@sipan.sipan.org> <1159359540.11049.347.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060927225815.GB7469@thunk.org> <20060928094135.GB17873@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <451B9C1F.2040101@garzik.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1045 Lines: 26 On Thu, 28 Sep 2006, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > For the miniscule patches I have contributed to gcc, I donated them to the > public domain... Btw, I tried that wit the code I had, it didn't work. It might depend on the person you're working with. I was told "We need your assignment on file". Some maintainers might be more careful. I have been told that legally, "putting something in the public domain" isn't actually really possible in the US, but maybe that is something that lawyers disagree about. You can assign or transfer your copyrights (in writing, on real paper only!) or you can license it, but "public domain" seems to be hard. Unless you just want to wait for several decades after your death (and that's hoping that Disney doesn't extend it even more after you die). Linus - 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/