Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:43547 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754772AbXI0SOb (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:14:31 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Iaxr1-0005oF-M3 for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:12:51 +0000 Received: from 069-064-229-129.pdx.net ([69.64.229.129]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:12:51 +0000 Received: from shemminger by 069-064-229-129.pdx.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:12:51 +0000 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: New 'Changes-licensed-under' tag introduced for Linux-wireless Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:09:50 -0700 Message-ID: <20070927110950.0561eca1@freepuppy.rosehill> References: <43e72e890709271100n39f16c18x723dc7a85d418666@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <43e72e890709271100n39f16c18x723dc7a85d418666@mail.gmail.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:00:09 -0400 "Luis R. Rodriguez" wrote: > Our guidelines for patches [1] for Linux-wireless has been updated. > One section asks Linux-wireless developers to subscribe to the patch > guideline wiki page (section 2) and another which introduces the new > 'Changes-licensed-under' (section 10). > > Here I'll cover the new 'Changes-licensed-under' tag but please refer > to the link and subscribe to the page for the complete details and for > further changes. > No, please don't down this legal rat hole. It would cause bullshit like people submitting dual licensed patches to the scheduler or GPL only patches to the ath5k or ACPI code. Instead, add a section to Documentation/SubmittingPatches that clearly states that all changes to a file are licensed under the same license as the original file. I don't feel legally qualified to write the correct wording. -- Stephen Hemminger