From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2016 18:27:51 +0200
Subject: question re. kernel licenses
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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