From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] update ocrdma to dual license Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 12:36:44 -0700 Message-ID: <20150708193644.GA24683@infradead.org> References: <1434127505-17739-1-git-send-email-devesh.sharma@avagotech.com> <20150630060631.GA21105@infradead.org> <20150701072120.GB31381@infradead.org> <2807E5FD2F6FDA4886F6618EAC48510E110A880D@CRSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <559D7AEF.6070405@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <559D7AEF.6070405-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Doug Ledford Cc: "Weiny, Ira" , Devesh Sharma , Christoph Hellwig , "linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" List-Id: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 03:33:03PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote: > I am not a lawyer, but this has been explained to me on numerous > occasions, so I relay the layman's interpretation here: > > No, you don't always need everyone's approval. There are contributions > that are not legally copyright worthy. There are. But for an open source project trying to deal with slippery slot is not worth it. Just get an ACK from everyone to be on the safe side and show that you act in good faith. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html