Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932264AbXF1WEW (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:04:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763343AbXF1WEN (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:04:13 -0400 Received: from smtpq2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl ([213.51.146.201]:36835 "EHLO smtpq2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761387AbXF1WEM (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:04:12 -0400 Message-ID: <46842F7B.1010105@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:27 +0200 From: Rene Herman User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: William D Waddington , Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Al Boldi , Rusty Russell Subject: Re: Please release a stable kernel Linux 3.0 References: <4683983E.5020103@aitel.hist.no> <4683D3B0.1040708@beezmo.com> <20070628173051.4a3422c0@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20070628173051.4a3422c0@the-village.bc.nu> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060406030205040301060207" X-AtHome-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@home.nl for more information X-AtHome-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2150 Lines: 61 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060406030205040301060207 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 06/28/2007 06:30 PM, Alan Cox wrote: > Public domain is GPL compatible. Would you happen to have an opinion on the attached? I don't so much need it or anything but I thought about submitting this once when I was working on some stuff locally. I didn't since I was expecting arguments that public domain is not so much a license, and how it becomes GPL anyway, ... Stating that code which one intends to be in the public domain has "GPL and additional rights" is a bit of a travesty though. Signed-off-by: Rene Herman Rene. --------------060406030205040301060207 Content-Type: text/plain; name="public_domain.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="public_domain.diff" diff --git a/include/linux/license.h b/include/linux/license.h index decdbf4..1176471 100644 --- a/include/linux/license.h +++ b/include/linux/license.h @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ static inline int license_is_gpl_compatible(const char *license) || strcmp(license, "GPL and additional rights") == 0 || strcmp(license, "Dual BSD/GPL") == 0 || strcmp(license, "Dual MIT/GPL") == 0 - || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0); + || strcmp(license, "Dual MPL/GPL") == 0 + || strcmp(license, "Public Domain") == 0); } #endif diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h index e6e0f86..2ecacf8 100644 --- a/include/linux/module.h +++ b/include/linux/module.h @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ extern struct module __this_module; * or MIT license choice] * "Dual MPL/GPL" [GNU Public License v2 * or Mozilla license choice] + * "Public Domain" [Public domain products] * * The following other idents are available * --------------060406030205040301060207-- - 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/