Re: [PATCH] Cast things properly to handle >2G files.

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2009, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> 
> I cannot agree to the D-C-O in good faith, since it speaks of open
> source licenses, a group of licenses that include non-free software
> licenses, something which I cannot support.

If you can't sign off on it, then Junio shouldn't take it, since you're 
basically saying that you cannot say that you own the copyrights or cannot 
license it under the appropriate copyright.

Yes, it speaks of "open source licenses", but it says: "under the open 
source license indicated in the file", and "appropriate open source
license".

For git, that's GPLv2 (or GPLv2-compatible, ie something like the 
simplified BSD license that can just be converted to GPLv2).

The DCO is phrased that way so that other projects that use things like 
the BSD or Apache license can still use the DCO as-is.

Side note: for somebody with a "gnu.org" address, you're showing some 
really bad taste. Do you know that the FSF ends up asking for a hell of a 
lot of paperwork and other crazy things to take peoples submissions. And 
they actually want the copyrights signed over, so that they can change it 
to _any_ license.

The DCO, in contrast, is a paragon of simplicity and clarity, and doesn't 
ask you to sign away any rights.

			Linus