Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:45:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:45:57 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-5-cust12.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.121.12]:54254 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:45:57 -0400 Subject: Re: question about BSD license vs. GPL From: Alan Cox To: "Kendrick M. Smith" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 (1.0.3-6) Date: 12 Aug 2002 19:47:01 +0100 Message-Id: <1029178021.16421.203.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 21 On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 19:33, Kendrick M. Smith wrote: > the standard BSD license is not). Can anyone confirm this? Changing > the license might be a time-consuming process involving squads of > University lawyers (ugh!) According to the FSF it is. There is a concern about patents but I've been advised (by two people now) that if you are actively submitting the code then the patent problem doesn't arrive since if you submit it to be used then sue people you'll lose 8) So it appears we can indeed (contrary to my original opinion) accept the code, slap a GPL header on it and stuff it in the kernel. Or for that matter people may want to contribute changes back under your original license (if you want to keep an active non GPL tree it may be good to add a comment and a request for people to do that) - 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/