Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754399AbZJZBFB (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:05:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753980AbZJZBFA (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:05:00 -0400 Received: from chilli.pcug.org.au ([203.10.76.44]:59520 "EHLO smtps.tip.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752455AbZJZBE7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:04:59 -0400 Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:04:57 +1100 From: Stephen Rothwell To: Krzysztof Halasa Cc: Jiri Slaby , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" , James Morris , Stephen Smalley , Eric Paris , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: writable limits to -next Message-Id: <20091026120457.39f7ab83.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: References: <4AC6339B.7000905@gmail.com> <20091006225751.7d5f3eec.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <4AE16B0A.7020400@gmail.com> <20091026094741.5a1d492c.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.7.1 (GTK+ 2.18.2; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="PGP-SHA1"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__26_Oct_2009_12_04_57_+1100_mT4K+YDe6yHGZEsR" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2026 Lines: 60 --Signature=_Mon__26_Oct_2009_12_04_57_+1100_mT4K+YDe6yHGZEsR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Krzysztof, On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:35:11 +0100 Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > > BTW you may want to check if the current wording is correct: >=20 > Stephen Rothwell writes: >=20 > > You will need to ensure that the patches/commits in your tree/series ha= ve > > been: > > * submitted under GPL v2 (or later) and include the Contributor's > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >=20 > It's not ok to submit under e.g. GPL v3 only, I'd suggest "under GPL v2 > and optionally other licence(s)" or something like that. Or maybe "under a license compatible with the Linux kernel source". This was pointed out to me once before but I was hoping not to have to disturb the IBM lawyers again. I guess I will run it past them and see what happens. > For example code under BSD-style licence (in addition to GPLv2) is > present in Linux, though I think any additional licence (the "later" as > in "GPL v2 or later", GPL v3, MS EULA etc.) is acceptable as long as it > is really additional, i.e., if one can ignore it and "use" GPLv2 > exclusively. >=20 > IANAL of course. Me neither :-) --=20 Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/ --Signature=_Mon__26_Oct_2009_12_04_57_+1100_mT4K+YDe6yHGZEsR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrk9bkACgkQjjKRsyhoI8w0cQCeNRTlGwQgk1UdvgDmqvsu7zln LTkAn2B4pdDvV0YD+FB6DVKnh2bUKgBx =M5l4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Mon__26_Oct_2009_12_04_57_+1100_mT4K+YDe6yHGZEsR-- -- 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/