From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267395AbUHDT3F (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:29:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267390AbUHDT1n (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:27:43 -0400 Received: from irulan.endorphin.org ([212.13.208.107]:33555 "EHLO irulan.endorphin.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267398AbUHDT06 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:26:58 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.8-rc3 - BSD licensing To: Linus Torvalds Cc: James Morris , Jari Ruusu , Kernel Mailing List , "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: References: <1091644663.21675.51.camel@ghanima> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-qayUcKEJQ16dTfNn8waE" Message-Id: <1091647612.24215.12.camel@ghanima> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:26:52 +0200 From: Fruhwirth Clemens X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.92 (Kauai King) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-qayUcKEJQ16dTfNn8waE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 20:51, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > >=20 > > As a matter of principle I do not add additional restrictions as respec= t > > for the original author's efforts. But James, David or Linus might do > > that, and by accident choose these additional restrictions to be like > > those of the GPL. I would understand such action as I'd would like to > > see that every kernel code is protected by the GPL. >=20 > That's not actually what we did. I refused the code originally because I > didn't feel that Gladman's license was a proper subset of the GPL.=20 I don't view the FSF as sort of last instance, but just for the protocol: The exact wording of this license is labeled 'GPL-compatible' by the FSF. Imho, this makes it a subset. > I only accepted it after dual-licensing under the GPL had been ok'd by Dr= Brian > Gladman himself. Additional coding, no problem, but additional social work, I'd prefer not to be involved with. As there is no legal requirement, such efforts would just make a good appearance. But, hey, if someone volunteers to sort out these problems, my modifications to aes-i586.S can be relicensed under the GPL anytime, no problem. --=20 Fruhwirth Clemens http://clemens.endorphin.org --=-qayUcKEJQ16dTfNn8waE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBETh8W7sr9DEJLk4RApYPAKCIm0wjVnYDbPuc6srVcFqIrIv/7ACeI37Y 16ogtxk4LdLEpT5De6xrDCs= =Ejki -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-qayUcKEJQ16dTfNn8waE--