Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756232AbYGPLjd (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753522AbYGPLjZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:25 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.125]:39386 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753516AbYGPLjY (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Steven Rostedt X-X-Sender: rostedt@gandalf.stny.rr.com To: Florian Weimer cc: Randy Dunlap , Elias Oltmanns , LKML , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Peter Zijlstra , Clark Williams , Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Jon Masters Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] ftrace: Documentation In-Reply-To: <871w1u5edg.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> Message-ID: References: <87zlop7bp6.fsf@denkblock.local> <20080710132832.38cc5048.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <871w1u5edg.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 677 Lines: 23 On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Florian Weimer wrote: > > * Steven Rostedt: > > > + License: The GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 > > Is it really a good idea to put files under GPL-incompatible licenses > into the tree? > The document is not code. The GPL is not appropriate for it. I had this discussion when I wrote the rt-mutex-design.txt file, and the conclussion was that the GFDL was an appropriate license. -- Steve -- 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/