From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB682C3A59B for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:06:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8952184E for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:06:05 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1566191165; bh=kjPizJONxBSgTqdB+1D968zBTLPYC2b4fZc5BLq5MSY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=BkBhl6d1UcDegrB1M4t61KijschtWyTFablpoUnao4i07Hf0DXg7yGXpc9oq8iLdZ 7Kpx1D/E4Ng3p4MemDwWOvTg+9+77AOdRadaOaFEs4zlLzRvwYquQ0FigUJ2cKKAkv XKjTaEOCVXGSHZk35hu8kWJBIe0Vo+1OqBO3l4FA= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725958AbfHSFGF (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Aug 2019 01:06:05 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:58100 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725768AbfHSFGF (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Aug 2019 01:06:05 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 33A2120851; Mon, 19 Aug 2019 05:06:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1566191164; bh=kjPizJONxBSgTqdB+1D968zBTLPYC2b4fZc5BLq5MSY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=f2ekTSEdAle3gD9oQHMjMSFntjCv2aWT3V4/FjskcJ8nQOl8HD8vQjZ0B2tCHRotk TFUu5weAJfKbC7Jq32Cq1rUhd70q/pcRuX4lj9rMFFWiT0ynJZFPN4bHnotuexqPEz 0V5AH26bA2Lg2Mc0QHw/JSGy9tcX/Rd+RTCroiQI= Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2019 07:06:02 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Richard Fontana Cc: J Lovejoy , linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: some ideas on guidelines Message-ID: <20190819050602.GA10236@kroah.com> References: <20190818050839.GA5519@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) Sender: linux-spdx-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 06:08:40PM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote: > On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 1:08 AM Greg KH wrote: > > > > And no one except HURD is going to be trying to use Linux files in other > > projects :) > > I've actually encountered a few cases over the years where there was > some desire to reuse Linux files, or portions of Linux files anyway, > in non-Linux projects (and not HURD :), in situations where the > presumption that the code was copyrightable and that the applicable > license was GPLv2, or at least GPLv2-only, was problematic. In one of > these cases, it was a GPLv3 project (Samba) that wished to use the > Linux code. They ended up asking Red Hat for a GPLv3-or-later license. > I think both of the non-Samba cases involved some code that was > generally useful in contexts having nothing to do with the kernel. Great, but then it should be GPLv2 like the original COPYING file says, and not "or later" like it never said. That's my point, yes, other projects use kernel files all the time (Spongebob squarepants video game stole our string handling functions) but if they want a different license for it, they need to get permission to change it. thanks, greg k-h