From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: question re. kernel licenses
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 18:27:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160901162751.GB2963@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4fb48760-8851-a49b-4749-1d80720530f9@meetinghouse.net>
On Thu, Sep 01, 2016 at 12:10:52PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> I know it's released under the GPL, but, for the life of me, I can't
> find any statement of who is actually granting the licenses (i.e., who
> holds the copyright), and I can't seem to find any kind of copyright
> assignment statement that contributors are required to execute.
>
> So, how does this all work?
Also, please read, Documentation/SubmittingPatches, and
Documentation/development_process/ that might help you out here with the
more non-legal aspects of your questions.
thanks,
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-01 16:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-01 16:10 question re. kernel licenses Miles Fidelman
2016-09-01 16:27 ` Greg KH
2016-09-01 17:42 ` Miles Fidelman
2016-09-01 16:27 ` Greg KH [this message]
2016-09-01 17:46 ` Miles Fidelman
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