Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758452AbYBYUKQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755941AbYBYUKE (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:04 -0500 Received: from smtp6.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.40]:60184 "EHLO smtp6.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755919AbYBYUKD (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:10:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:09:03 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Alan Cox Cc: Steven Rostedt , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.6.25-rc2-mm1 - fix mcount GPL bogosity. Message-ID: <20080225200903.GB13635@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> References: <30804.1203962369@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <47C3078E.3000008@redhat.com> <20080225181957.4eeed15d@core> <20080225192710.GA13635@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi> <20080225194835.GA28042@devserv.devel.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080225194835.GA28042@devserv.devel.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1225 Lines: 33 On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 02:48:35PM -0500, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:27:10PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > As I understand it if Vladis wants to submit his own change to the symbol > > > thats up to him, and he'll be liable for any fallout with the FSF, or > > > harm to Linux resulting, so long he's the one who signs it off. > > > > Why isn't anyone distributing it liable if it is not legally correct? > > They may well be, but they all get to sue Vladis in turn Being able to sue someone who has so many lawsuits that there's anyway no money left for me sounds like a bad compensation for serving a few years in jail... [1] > Alan cu Adrian [1] OK, realistically that's not enough for a jail sentence -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- 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/